Father’s Day

How My Wife Helps Me Live Out My Vocation to Fatherhood

by Jimmy Walters | June 18, 2022 | Formation | 0 Comments

The lives of the saints have always inspired my faith journey and vocations. As a husband and father, I turn to the marriage of Blessed Frederic Ozanam and Amelie Soulacroix. Ozanam is the founder of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and he served the most vulnerable in...

Father’s Day and the Fatherhood of God

by John Freund, CM | June 19, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment

It’s common for people to perceive God is like the fatherly figures in their lives. I experienced my father as loving.

Blessed Fredrick Ozanam “I am a Father!”

by John Freund, CM | June 21, 2015 | Formation | 0 Comments

“After so many favors that were set down in my vocation in this world, a new blessing has come to me, to know the greatest joy probably it is possible to experience here below: I am a father!” –Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, in a letter to his friend Theophile Foisset, July...