Being Exemplary During a Fruitful Debate • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
We must never begin by despairing of those who deny. It is not a question of mortifying but of convincing them. Refutation is humiliation enough for them, when it is conclusive. Whatever be the disloyalty or the brutality of their attacks, let us show them the example...
April 23: Anniversary of the Foundation of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Shortly after Frederic Ozanam’s death, Pope Pius IX addressed a delegation of four hundred members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul who had been sent to Rome: “My children, you are crusaders of Christ in a world which will listen no longer to sermons,...
Frederic Ozanam’s Birthday: April 23
Sunday is the birthday of Frederic Ozanam, the founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Paris of the early 19th century was in the grip of great upheavals.
“What is Your Church Doing Now for Those Who Are Poor?”
“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!
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