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Saint Vincent And Saint Louise, Catholic To The Core: Spiritual Praxis As The Foundation For Social Change, Pauline Villapando
Saint Vincent And Saint Louise, Catholic To The Core: Spiritual Praxis As The Foundation For Social Change, Pauline Villapando
Vincentian Studies
DePaul University’s Vincent and Louise House community is a “residential faith formation program” in which students “engage more fully in the Christian faith, community service, social justice, and stewardship.” Following the examples of Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac, members of the house learn about and take part in the spiritual practices necessary for putting faith into action. The article details the community service they perform, how their commitments to social justice and stewardship are carried out, and what effect these activities have on the students. The program’s goal is to transform students, their worldview, and their perspective on …