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The ghosts of Christmas past are alive in the DePaul University Special Collections and Archives, bringing happy memories from DePaul’s history. Join us for a peek at how Demons used to celebrate the season! Left to right: Ulysses “Santa” Carlini crowns Rosemary Lamberty Queen of the annual winter Charity Ball,
Bauny, E. Pratique du droict canonique au gouuernement de l’eglise,: correction des moeurs, & distribution des benefices: le tout au stile & vsage de France. Auec la decision des principales questions sur les matieres beneficiales, que se traittent a present dans les cours du Royaume. A Paris : Chez Michel
Here’s our last This Week in Reference of the quarter. We’ll take a short break over December, but will be back in January 2015! This past week, we met with quite a few students researching the various myths of Hercules. When searching this topic in a database, it’s useful to include all
In keeping with the spirit of the approaching holidays, the following three books address giving in its many different forms. The Paradox of Generosity: Giving We Receive, Grasping We Lose For many of us, the act of giving feels right; it verifies that our inner compass is calibrated correctly. For
The quarter is almost over and it’s time for a little recreational reading. Give your brain a break with the newest additions to DePaul University Library’s Unwind the Mind: Popular Reading Collection featuring contemporary fiction, popular non-fiction and bestsellers. Check out a book and score a sweet snack! We’ll have
We are in the homestretch before finals! Good luck everyone! Topic coming to us this past week include: Minimum Wage Laws Waldorf schools Roseanne (the TV Show) Reproductive technology and gender equality And, an in-depth look at some conversations we’ve had via IM, in person, through email, or over the
Join us on Saturday, November 15th, from 10:00am to 5:00pm as DePaul University Library participates in the the American Library Association’s annual International Games Day event. This year’s events will be the 7th annual Games Day, and libraries from across the globe will open their libraries to host gaming events and showcase
We had many students asking for help with an assignment to perform a script analysis of The Crucible, which required the student to research the background and historical/cultural context for the play, as well as research about the playwright. Other topics coming to the desks this past week: History of Ghana Virginia
In 1982, Sr. Helen Prejean, a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph, began corresponding with a death row inmate, Patrick Sonnier, at Angola (the Louisiana State Penitentiary). She became his spiritual adviser and accompanied him to his execution, later writing a non-fiction account of her experience with Pat Sonnier, and
Regulae seu Constitutiones communes Congregationis Missionis. Paris: [s.n.], 1658. Call Number: SpC 255.7702 C749 1658 On 17 May 1658, at the end of a conference delivered to the assembled priests of the Congregation of the Mission at Saint-Lazare in Paris, Vincent de Paul distributed copies of the community’s newly-published