If you go to DePaul University, you probably do! The University has taken its name from St. Vincent DePaul who in 1654 founded the Congregation of the Mission, an order of Catholic Priests who minister and evangelize the poor. The abbreviation C.M. ornaments the end of many faculty and staff priests at DePaul and means that they are members of the Congregation of the Mission. So next time you see President Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider's name on a newsletter or e-mail, you can recognize his relationship to the University's namesake and to its mission of service. 

  The seal of the Congregation of the Mission with the inscription, translated as “He has sent me to evangelize the poor”