It was noticed by some of his friends that, after the general Communion at Notre Dame on Holy Thursday, Ozanam,...
Anecdotes
How did Frederic Ozanam Visit the Poor? #AnecdotesVF
The service of the poor occupies such a prominent position in Ozanam's life that it becomes of interest to know how he...
The Chest of Drawers of the Poor Family #AnecdotesVF
One New Year's Eve, Frederic Ozanam was telling his wife Amélie about a poor family who had known better days, but...
Comparison Between the Lives of Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam #AnecdotesVF
Despite the distance of two centuries between them, there are — in the biographies of Vincent de Paul and Frederic Ozanam— some curious points of coincidence [...]. Although both were born far from Paris (Ozanam in Italy), they were inhabitants of that city most of...
Finding a place for the Eternal Rest of Frederic #AnecdotesVF
Before leaving for Italy in July 1852, Frédéric and Amélie visited the Church of the Carmelites in Paris. They sat near the chapel then called of the "Guardian Angels." Amélie already knew that her husband was ill: he was diagnosed, along with his lung problem, with a...
Frederic Ozanam and Spain #AnecdotesVF
Frederic wanted to do the Camino de Santiago. One day, feeling in good health, he embarked with his wife and younger brother to Fuenterrabía, Irún and San Sebastián (Spain). It was October 22, 1852. Though the trip to Spain made him very tired, his desire to see Spain...
Almsgiving that Humiliates or Honors #AnecdotesVF
Frédéric thought that aid, almsgiving, is humiliating when only material needs are met, "causing shame, and doing what anyone does even with animals." He says it's humiliating because it can not be reciprocated, they are favors that the other has not the slightest...
Ozanam and Law: A Depressing Justice #AnecdotesVF
Ozanam studied Law by his father. He did not like law studies but, to please his father, he received his doctorate. What he really liked were Letters. Federic practiced Law in Lyon for a short period of time. He wrote in one of his letters: In this profession, your...
Ozanam, Edified by the Piety of the Great #AnecdotesVF
After some adventures, soon after Frédéric arrived to Paris at age 18, he ended staying at André Marie Ampère's home, a famous scientist, who lived on Rue Fosses-Saint Victor, 19. Frédéric stayed in the room of the son, Jean Jacques Ampère, who at the time was...
A Male-Only Society in its Beginnings #AnecdotesVF
In times of Frédéric Ozanam, women were virtually absent from the university. That is why, having emerged the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in the vicinity of the Parisian university, in its early days women did not participate in it. The first female Society of...
The Original Service of Frederic to the Poor #AnecdotesVF
At first, the original members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul were organized so that each one was in charge of a family to help. Frederic Ozanam was entrusted with a family of a mother, who worked ceaselessly, with five children, and a father who, as she told...
Ozanam and Money from Protestants #AnecdotesVF
Frederic Ozanam was a staunch defender of the faith and the Catholic Church; but if some Protestants made him intermediary in the service of the poor, he was their grateful servant. Once, a young Protestant pastor, having gathered an amount of money among his...
