Frederic Ozanam Archives - Page 20 of 48

Becoming Good Friends • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | Apr 10, 2017 | Formation, Reflections

In a certain sense, I believe the aim we were proposing in Paris is not quite the same as that you are proposing in the province. In Paris we are birds of passage, away for some time from the paternal nest and on which unbelief, that vulture of thought, plans for its...

“What is Your Church Doing Now for Those Who Are Poor?”

by John Freund, CM | Apr 5, 2017 | Formation, Systemic change

“What is your Church doing now for those who are poor?” Frederic Ozanam and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul have been answering that question for almost 200 years. But it is a question for everyone … especially today!

Being a Father: Gift and Responsibility • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | Apr 3, 2017 | Formation, Reflections

I’m already a father. I am custodian and guardian of an immortal creature. I long to see her baptism, which will take place tomorrow; then I will follow, one by one, all her steps, I will see the birth of all the graces of her childhood, and when holding her, I...

The Spiritual and the Temporal • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | Mar 27, 2017 | Formation, Reflections

The Truth does not fear persecutions of power and does not need its favors. You confirm this separation of the spiritual and the temporal which, in my opinion, is the only one capable of ensuring the triumph of the Church. […] Some rely on chariots, others on...

Always on the Side of the Poor • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam

by Javier F. Chento | Mar 20, 2017 | Formation, Reflections

I would like to open night schools, Sunday schools and inaugurate in the districts of Paris as many Centers of Arts and Crafts, as many popular Sorbones as were necessary, where the son of the worker could find, like the children of doctors or lawyers, the treasure of...