Anecdotes

Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Almsgiving that Humiliates or Honors

by | October 28, 2023 | Formation | 0 Comments

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...
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Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Ozanam at University, and Money

by | October 21, 2023 | Formation | 0 Comments

Frederic, while pursuing his studies of Law and Letters at the University of Paris, was almost always short of money. In several letters to his parents (not all, but many) he gives them account of his impoverished economy. He could have to buy a new pair of trousers...
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Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Ozanam the polyglot

by | October 14, 2023 | Formation | 0 Comments

Frederic did not need modern audiovisual media (now apparently essential) to learn languages. He, at age 17, already knew Latin, Greek, began studying Sanskrit and Hebrew — to be able to translate from the original sources —, and studied German and Italian. By the...
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Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: The Bread of the Eucharist and the Bread of the Poor

by | October 7, 2023 | Formation | 0 Comments

It was noticed by some of his friends that, after the general Communion at Notre Dame on Holy Thursday, Ozanam, instead of going straight home to his breakfast, disappeared in another direction. They watched him and found that he went first to the baker's and then to...
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Be as Cunning as Serpents #AnecdotesVF

Be as Cunning as Serpents #AnecdotesVF

by | Jul 8, 2016 |

Could not this uncompromising wording "dependence on the Archbishop" be harmful to us in the future by the liberty it gives to draw us away from the direction of the Superior General of the Mission" [Letter 898, Archives of the Daughters of Charity, original autograph...

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