DePaul University's Vincentian Archives Now Available Online
 
DePaul University's vast international collection of texts relating to the life and work of St. Vincent de Paul is now available in the new Via Sapientiae digital repository. This repository brings together all of the university's Vincentian library research and scholarly resources under one umbrella in an effort to provide wide exposure and access to these materials.

"DePaul University is uniquely qualified and equipped to play a leading role in Vincentian historical, spiritual and service research," says the Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., president of DePaul. "The new digital repository will enable us to provide a signal service to Vincentian communities and institutions worldwide."

Reflecting DePaul's role as the premier global site for Vincentian studies, the Via Sapientiae digital repository currently includes more than 20,000 pages of material. Over the next several years, the site's content will expand as tens of thousands of additional pages are uploaded, and hundreds of thousands more pages of Vincentian texts in numerous languages are added. Ultimately, the site will include technical reports, university publications, faculty research, dissertations, archives and special collections from throughout the university.

Vincentian studies encompass the life and times of St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) and St. Louise de Marillac (1591-1660) and their legacy of service to the poor as it has been practiced around the world for almost four centuries by groups such as the Congregation of the Mission, the Daughters of Charity, the Sisters of Charity, the Ladies of Charity, the Saint Vincent de Paul Society and countless health care, parochial, social service agencies and educational institutions like DePaul University.

Visit the Via Sapientiae Web site is at http://via.library.depaul.edu.



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