This SlideShare presentation is based on the article “Frédéric Ozanam: A Layman for Now” by Shaun McCarty, S.T.
Frederic Ozanam
A Professor Introduces Two Future Saints To Each Other
In 1833 Monsieur Emmanuel Bailly was a professor of philosophy at the world-renowned Sorbonne, in Paris. Sister Rosalie Rendu was already the equivalent of the Mother Teresa of the day. The professor recommended two impetuous students, Monsieur Ozanam and Monsieur le Taillandier, to Sister Rosalie.
Friends are a Second Family • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
I have the very pleasant custom to identify myself with my friends, to consider them as a second family and to...
Vincentians – ordinary people evangelizing
Canadian Vincentian Lynn L'Heureux offers this insight... We are ordinary people called by God as Paul was. We sin, we get angry and we make many mistakes. God, however, is quite extraordinary, and he does extraordinary works with ordinary and imperfect people like...
Vincent learns from a heretic
Rather than simply refuting a Protestant who was attacking the Church Vincent hears the truth of his charge and grows. (Frederic Ozanam had a similar experience.) The following excerpt from an insightful article by Santiago BarquÃn, CM, Â might well lead us to ask...
Frederic Ozanam opens the door of faith
Vinformation presents the fourth in its monthly series on the Year of Faith In Vincentian Family Perspectives... Frederic Ozanam opens the door to faith "The problem which divides people today is not a political problem, it is a social one. It is a matter of knowing...
