Frederic Ozanam

Lessons of Frederic Ozanam: Community Service as a Learning Experience

Frederic Ozanam believed in the value of experience, thoughtfully reflected upon. From an article by Raymond L. Sickinger, Ph.D.

Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Ozanam at University, and Money

Frederic, while pursuing his studies of Law and Letters at the University of Paris, was almost always short of money. In several letters to his parents (not all, but many) he gives them account of his impoverished economy. He could have to buy a new pair of trousers...

Anecdotes of the Vincentian Family: Ozanam the polyglot

Frederic did not need modern audiovisual media (now apparently essential) to learn languages. He, at age 17, already knew Latin, Greek, began studying Sanskrit and Hebrew — to be able to translate from the original sources —, and studied German and Italian. By the...

Ozanam: The Inspiration Continues

This film was written and Directed by Bruce Dynan, and produced for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory (ACT) State Council, Australia. It was posted online by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA.  ...
Can we hear words of this young person?

Can we hear words of this young person?

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...

Spend an hour with successor to Frederic Ozanam?

Spend an hour with successor to Frederic Ozanam?

Would you spend an hour with the current successor to Frederic Ozanam? Michael Thio stands in a long line of Vincentians who have inspired and guided generations who accept the challenges that Frederic Ozanam and the first group of Vincentian volunteers confronted in their commitment to “do something” about the poverty, sickness and squalor found in the ghettos of Paris during the 1800s.

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