DePaul Lore 🏫
St. Vinny and Louise 👴👩🦱
CCM (Catholic Campus Ministry) 🙏
Thanksgiving Facts 🦃😯
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DIBS is an acronym for this.
What is "Demon In a Blue Suit?"
100
This person was the first to pose the Vincentian Question- "What Must Be Done?" in the context of addressing the problem of serving the physical and spiritual sufferings of those in the poor french countryside.
Who is Madame de Gondi?
(Madame de Gondi was St. Vincent's patroness, a rich woman who was essentially his boss)
100
This is the location of Catholic Campus Ministry at DePaul, a space open to all students of all faith backgrounds (or no faith background) and identities to hang out, with free coffee and snacks and a place to connect with other students !
What is Suite 104 of the Student Center?
100
Along with creating memorable jazz compositions for A Charlie Brown Christmas and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, this composer is to thank for the score of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.
Who is Vince Guaraldi?
100
This is an authentic German-style outdoor market that pops up in Chicago every year in Daley Plaza where visitors can shop for Christmas ornaments, and enjoy variuos German food and drinks such as fresh pretzels, bratwurst, and hot winter drinks
What is the Christkindlmarket?
200
This is an annual Depaul Event happening tomorrow, where you can get a special holiday DePaul item to wear, and enjoy a winter holiday fair and tree-lighting ceremony!
What is DAB's Ugly Sweater Party?
200
St. Louise de Marillac, along with St. Vincent, formed this community for lay (not nuns/religious sisters) women looking to devote themselves to serving the poor physically and spiritually.
It was revolutionary in paving a way for women to participate in organized service without being a nun!
What is the Daughters of Charity?
This company/community still is going strong today, and you can meet Daughters of Charity who work with and Visit DePaul University from time to time!
200
This person organizes Liturgy for Catholic Campus ministry and leads the Liturgical Choir, the student and parishioner choir that provides beautiful music through singing and instruments during Sunday Night Mass !
Who is Suzanne Hannau?
200
This is the date that Thanksgiving is celebrated in Canada.
What is the second Monday of October?
200
Willis tower has this many floors.
What is 110?
300
This is a life-hack for loop students looking for free coffee and pastries on Mondays and Wednesdays- an event offering a rotating series of guests offering information on different organizations and programs within the college of communication in the Daley Building Communication Hub on the first floor!
What is "Sweets, Treats, and Deets?"
300
Vincent is also known as "_____'s Saint"
What is "Charity"?
300
This person leads the Catholic Campus Ministry's Scripture Faith-Based Community- a group based on reading, discussing, and seeking to understand themes in the bible together as a group.
Who is Anett Loredo?
300
This is a holiday celebrated on the day after Thanksgiving - other than Black Friday!
What is Native American Heritage Day?
300
This 1904 influential novel written by Upton Sinclair emerged from an investigation of Chicago's slaughterhouses, exposing the ugly truth of the American meatpacking industry (You may have read a part of it in a high school history class)
What is The Jungle?
400
This is DePaul's oldest residence hall, which opened in 1970.
What is Munroe Hall?
400
This is the name of the small country town in Gascony, France where St. Vincent DePaul was born.
What is Pouy?
400
This is a weekly event on Wednesday Nights in Catholic Campus Ministry that is open to all students, providing free food, a chance to mingle with other students, and discuss a topic related to faith and/or social justice with special speakers.
What is Community Night?
(Please consider joining us, offered every Wednesday at 5-6pm at CCM!)
400
This President was the first to give a turkey a presidential pardon --- a tradition of officially sparing a lucky turkey's life from "a terrible and delicious fate" (in the words of President Obama)
Who is John F. Kennedy?
400
A complex of two cylindrical towers near the Chicago River, designed by architect Bertrand Goldberg.
What is Mariana City?
500
This is the year that DePaul was founded, by the Vincentians.
What is 1898?
500
This man and his group of college friends, began the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul- an international voluntary organization in the Catholic Church founded to help impoverished people living in the slums of parish, France
Who is Frederic Ozanam?
500
This is a form of non-verbal communication practiced at CCM (Catholic Campus Ministry) instead of clapping or snapping after someone shares something in vulnerability- consists of rubbing one's hands together to say "I feel you/ I resonate with that/ thank you for sharing your heart"
This hand-motion practice is adopted from Native American peace-circles.
What is "Share the Warmth"?
500
Although the pumpkin is native to North America, the pumpkin pie was actually first made in this country.
What is Mexico?
500
This miniaturiste created 68 miniature rooms, each with a different architectural and interior style, along with a team of expert craftsmen. The rooms are on display at the Art Institute of Chicago!
Who is Narcissa Thorne?