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One of the strengths of the university is our dedication to exploring the intellectual underpinnings of our mission and values. To this end, the Office of Mission and Values sponsors a series of lecture programs in which we invite a wide variety of noted experts to share the research, questions, conclusions and insights of their research to an academic community which seeks to engage the great questions of our time from DePaul's distinctive institutional perspective.
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March 2013

DRMA Winter Lecture

DRMA Winter Lecture

3/4/13


Toward a New Reading of the Political Thought of the dévot faction: the opposition to Cardinal Richelieu's ministeriat


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February 2013

Louise De Marillac Lecture 2013

Louise De Marillac Lecture 2013

2/20/13


Vincentian Mission—Hope and Healing for Victims: Daughters of Charity Civil War Nurses Deliver Comfort


MLK Reflections - Bernard Kleina

MLK Reflections - Bernard Kleina

2/6/13


Lecturer: Bernard Kleina, a professional photographer and media consultant, and executive director of the HOPE Fair Housing Center in Wheaton, Ill.


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October 2012

Vincent de Paul Lecture 2012

Vincent de Paul Lecture 2012

10/31/12


Mark McGreevy, Group Chief Executive of DePaul International discusses the top ten issues facing homelessness charities today.


DRMA Fall 2012 Lecture

DRMA Fall 2012 Lecture

10/12/12


Evangelizing Slaves: French missionaries in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean. Lecturer: Dr. Gillian Lee Weiss


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May 2012

Vincentian Footprints in China

Vincentian Footprints in China

5/16/12

Spring 2012 DRMA Lecture: Vincentian Footprints in China: The Lives, Deaths, and Legacies of Francis Clet, CM, and John Gabriel Perboyre, CM

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April 2012

Frederic Ozanam Lecture Spring Quarter 2012

Frederic Ozanam Lecture Spring Quarter 2012

4/10/12


Topic: “Poverty and Relief in 19th Century Europe: New Approaches to The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul’s History” Speaker: Matthieu Brejon de Lavergnée, Ph.D.


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March 2012

Louise de Marillac: From Leading Lady to Protagonist

Louise de Marillac: From Leading Lady to Protagonist

3/6/12

Sr. Joyce Weller, D.C. Executive Director, Daughters of Charity Foundation, which awards grants and subsidies to Daughters of Charity ministries throughout the Province of the West, specifically in California, Arizona, Utah and Alaska.

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January 2012

The Spiritual Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Spiritual Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1/27/2012


Dr. Lewis V. Baldwin, The Spiritual Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.


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October 2011

The Daughters of Charity and Sisters' Hospital

The Daughters of Charity and Sisters' Hospital

10/17/2011


Kristine Gunnell, Ph.D, gives the lecture: Modernizing the Mission: The Daughters of Charity and Sisters Hospital, Los Angeles, 1856 - 1900


What Must Be Done? A Vincentian View on Climate Change.

What Must Be Done? A Vincentian View on Climate Change.

10/17/2011

Mark Potosnak, Assistant Professor in Environmental Sciences speaks at the Lunch with Vincent series.

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May 2011

Interview:Fr. Udovic interviews Sean Smith

Interview:Fr. Udovic interviews Sean Smith

5/9/2011


Fr. Edward Udovic interviews Sean Smith about his doctoral research.


DRMA Spring Quarter Lecture - Sean Smith

DRMA Spring Quarter Lecture - Sean Smith

5/9/2011


Celebrating the Sun-King: The Congregation of the Mission, Charity and the French State under Louis XIV 1674-1704


God is Not One - Stephen Prothero

God is Not One - Stephen Prothero

5/8/2011


Lecture: God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World and Why Their Differences Matter.


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March 2011

DRMA Winter Lecture: Rev. John Rybolt, C.M.

DRMA Winter Lecture: Rev. John Rybolt, C.M.

3/7/2011


“The Vincentians: A General History of the Congregation of the Mission” Rev. John Rybolt, C.M., introduced the first volume of a new six-volume history of the Vincentians, discussing their lives and work from a rarely explored perspective.


Dr. Michael Olivas, I Had A DREAM Act

Dr. Michael Olivas, I Had A DREAM Act

3/7/2011


I Had A DREAM Act: Undocumented College Students in the States and in Congress. Dr. Michael A. Olivas


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October 2010

My 13 Years in Kenya

My 13 Years in Kenya

10/09/10

Rev. John Richardson C.M. gives a first-hand analysis of the prospects and problems facing the people of Kenya and life in Nyeri.

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September 2010

Vincent de Paul Lecture 2010

Vincent de Paul Lecture 2010

9/13/10


Joseph Bergin Professor of History, University of Manchester Moving in High Circles: Vincent de Paul and the Politics of the French Church During the Catholic Reformation


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July 2010

Market and Mission Opening Remarks

Market and Mission Opening Remarks

07/15/2010


Opening remarks by Brian Spittle. Recorded at the 2010 Symposium Balancing Market and Mission: Enrollment Management Strategies in Catholic Higher Education.


Tulips, Pyramids and Checkerboards

Tulips, Pyramids and Checkerboards

07/15/2010


Tulips, Pyramids and Checkerboards, David Kalsbeek. Recorded at the 2010 Symposium Balancing Market and Mission: Enrollment Management Strategies in Catholic Higher Education.


Catholic Higher Education Marketplace

Catholic Higher Education Marketplace

07/15/2010


Catholic Higher Education Marketplace, Jon Boeckenstedt. Recorded at the 2010 Symposium Balancing Market and Mission: Enrollment Management Strategies in Catholic Higher Education.


Challenge of Access from a Mission Perspective

Challenge of Access from a Mission Perspective

07/15/2010


The Challenge of Access from a Mission Perspective: Fr. Ed Udovic and Fr. Jim Halstead, panelists, Brian Spittle, moderator. Recorded at the 2010 Symposium Balancing Market and Mission: Enrollment Management Strategies in Catholic Higher Education.


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May 2010

A Missionary Always: Jean-Marie Odin, C.M.

A Missionary Always: Jean-Marie Odin, C.M.

5/6/10


Guest Speaker Patrick Foley, Ph.D. Jean-Marie Odin, C.M. (1800-1870) was a French Vincentian missionary who made a profound and widespread impact throughout Texas in the mid-nineteenth century, laboring among both Catholics and Native Americans...


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April 2010

Sustainability in Higher Education

Sustainability in Higher Education

4/26/10


David Orr on Sustainability in Higher Education David W. Orr, Ph.D. is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College and the James Marsh Professor at large at the University of Vermont.


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October 2009

The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz

The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz

10/5/09


Malina Stefanovska, Ph.D. Professor, Department of French and Francophone Studies at UCLA: The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, or ‘How to Enter the Kingdom of Heaven’


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May 2008

The Making of a Catholic Devot

The Making of a Catholic Devot

5/8/08


A recorded version of the annual Vincent de Paul Lecture by Alison Forrestal, Ph.D., recorded on May 5, 2008


News & Events

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  • Film Screening: Band of Sisters

    3/7/13
    Panel discussion to follow, Facilitator: JoAnne Zielinski; Panel: Mary Fishman, Srs. Pat Murphy and Joann Persch, Sisters of Mercy and Sr. Katie Norris, DC. 6PM, Student Center 120.
  • Winter DRMA Lecture

    3/4/13
    Title: Toward a New Reading of the Political Thought of the dévot faction: the opposition to Cardinal Richelieu's ministeriat. Lecturer: Dr. Caroline Maillet-Rao. Time: 11:30AM, Richardson Library, 115
  • Lousie De Marrillac Lecture

    2/20/13
    Title: Vincentian Mission—Hope and Healing for Victims: Daughters of Charity Civil War Nurses Deliver Comfort, Lecturer: Sister Betty Ann McNeil, D.C., 12:00 PM, Location: Richardson Library, Room 115
  • Annual Vincent de Paul Lecture

    10/24/12
    3:30pm to 4:30pm, Richardson Library, 380. Topic: The top ten issues facing homelessness charities today: an international perspective. Speaker: Mark McGreevy
  • DRMA Fall Lecture

    10/9/12
    11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Richardson Library, 115, Title: Evangelizing Slaves: French missionaries in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean.