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A Vincentian Minute: Frederic Ozanam and Our Sunday Gospel 04
In this series, Fr. Rooney extends the Sunday experience by looking at how we practically live a liturgically informed life. This week: aligning ourselves with Jesus.
A Vincentian Minute: Frederic Ozanam and Our Sunday Gospel 04
In this series, Fr. Rooney extends the Sunday experience by looking at how we practically live a liturgically informed life. This week: Ozanam’s concept of the “natural wage” was central to his vision of social justice.
A Vincentian Minute: Frederic Ozanam and Our Sunday Gospel 03
In this series, Fr. Rooney extends the Sunday experience by looking at how we practically live a liturgically informed life. This week: when we do good for impoverished people we really shouldn’t have an expectation of anything in return.
A Vincentian Minute: Frederic Ozanam and Our Sunday Gospel 02
In this series, Fr. Rooney extends the Sunday experience by looking at how we practically live a liturgically informed life. This week: many lay Vincentians are married; let’s reflect on how we can imitate the virtues of holy founder Frederic Ozanam in his relationship with his wife, Amélie.
A Vincentian Minute: Frederic Ozanam and Our Sunday Gospel
In this series, Fr. Rooney extends the Sunday experience by looking at how we practically live a liturgically informed life. This week: When you say, “I’m growing in knowledge of Christ,” is that happening because you followed him into the world of the poor?
Frederic Ozanam: Servant Leader
Frederic never aspired to a position of leadership (though in fact, he was a leader) nor did he ever attempt to utilize his position for personal gain.
Charity, the Most Beautiful Title • A Reflection with Ozanam
Am I convinced that the first and most important thing is charity, and without it nothing else makes sense?
Frederic Ozanam: Hope in the Future…But Working! • A Reflection with Ozanam
I believe in the progress of Christian times. I do not fear the falls and the gaps which may interrupt it: the chilly nights which follow the hot days do not prevent the summer from following its course and ripening its fruits. [.] When the barbarians levelled the...
A Truly Christian Life • A Reflection with Ozanam
It is easier to use an uplifting language, to fulfill certain positive precepts and to reject certain pleasures, than to be deeply filled with the evangelical spirit, to keep it in the depths of the soul to ennoble it, purify it and improve it; in the end: to...