The explosion on 8/4 will be seared into the minds of every person in Lebanon. Beirut, with its estimated 300,000 homeless is almost already forgotten in world media.
Frederic Ozanam
The Small Pleasures of Life • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | April 27, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Experience, the Mother of Knowledge • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | April 20, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Learning from Our Children and Our Parents • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | April 13, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 2 Comments
Weaving God’s Plan • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | April 6, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
“I, Frederic” – New Book on Frederic Ozanam
by Fr. Ronald Ramson, C.M. | Jul 18, 2020 | News
I chose to write an “autobiography” of a man who never wrote an autobiography. 187 years after his death, I did this because I have such admiration for him.
Vincentian Prayer Images: Home visits à la Frederic
by John Freund, CM | Jul 14, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
(We learn about those we serve)… “not from books nor from the public platform, but in climbing the stairs to the poor man’s garret, sitting by his bedside, feeling the same cold that pierces him.” Frederic Ozanam
Blessed Fredrick Ozanam “I am a Father!”
by John Freund, CM | Jun 21, 2015 | Formation
“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...
Seeing the Face of Christ in Others. . .
by John Freund, CM | Jun 6, 2015 | Formation
Seeing the Face of Christ in Others. . .
The Church must always surprise – Pope Francis
by John Freund, CM | May 24, 2015 | Formation, Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
St. Vincent surprised himself… and 17th century France! Can we allow ourselves to be surprised and become a surprising Church.
“Reading” an Ozanam icon – Sr. Kieran Kneaves
by John Freund, CM | Apr 16, 2015 | News
Sr. Kieran Kneaves, DC, “reads” an icon of Frederic Ozanam in his academic robes making a home visit.
Almsgiving – For or Against?
by John Freund, CM | Apr 7, 2015 | News
Lent may be over but the issue of almsgiving remains with us – for or against.
Frederick Ozanam – “The Book of the Sick”
by John Freund, CM | Feb 22, 2015 | Formation
The original work is an assemblage of passages from scriptures that he read with his wife, Amelie. It was at her suggestion that he collected them into a manuscript.
Can we hear words of this young person?
by John Freund, CM | Dec 3, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Can we hear words of this young person? Karl Michael Hila draws our attention to a young person named Frederic Ozanam. "The earth has become a chilly place. It is up to us Catholics to rekindle the flame of human warmth which is going out. It is up to us to recommence...
7 reasons we’re thankful for Francis… Vincent, Louise, Frederick, Elizabeth, etc
by John Freund, CM | Nov 24, 2014 | Vincentian Family
Mike Hayes with 7 reasons we are thankful for Pope Francis. Why we are grateful for the special people in the Vincentian Family Vincent, Louise, Frederic, Catherine, Elizabeth, etc.
Thanksgiving – “The Prequel” and Vincentian Heritage
by John Freund, CM | Nov 20, 2014 | Spirituality and Spiritual Practice
As Americans prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving remember there is a prehistory or “prequel” of Thanksgiving rooted deeply in Christian tradition and echoed in Vincentian heritage.