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
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Responsible for Proclaiming the Word of God • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | May 18, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Dear friend, we have not faith enough; we are always looking for the re-establishment of religion by political means;...
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Faith: an Act of Will • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | May 11, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Dear friend, you are continually heading out on long and fatiguing journeys that are dangerous to your health (your...
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Defending our Beliefs and Loving our Adversaries • A Weekly Reflection with Ozanam
by Javier F. Chento | May 4, 2024 | Formation, Reflections
Above all else, let us learn how to defend our convictions without hating our adversaries, to love those who have a...
Do We Understand “Body of Christ”?
by John Freund, CM | Jun 2, 2021 | Formation, Reflections
Do we understand “Body of Christ”? If we do would it challenge our way of thinking and the systems we live with?
Frederic Ozanam… Actively Engaged… Charity and Justice
by Famvin Media Resources | Apr 18, 2021 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
A video describes 5 elements of bringing charity and justice to the public sphere.
The Vincentian Family Fully Supports the Canonization of Blessed Frédéric Ozanam
by Vincentian Family Office | Feb 13, 2021 | News, Vincentian Family
On December 2nd, 2020, the Vincentian Family Executive Committee (VFEC) approved a motion fully endorsing the cause of canonization of Bl. Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam.
Les Miserables – Vincentian Influences and Reflections
by John Freund, CM | Nov 27, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections
Les Miserables strikes a chord in Vincentians when they hear… To love another person is to see the face of God. Victor Hugo admired Vincent de Paul. He based the character of the Bishop on Vincent de Paul.
Bl. Frédéric Ozanam’s Canonization Process Takes a Step Forward
by Vincentian Family Office | Oct 3, 2020 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
On September 24th, the Feast of Our Lady of Ransom, the local phase (where a local diocese directs the process) of the inquiry on the alleged miracle ascribed to Bl. Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam was concluded after conducting a thorough 11-month investigation.
Vincentian Prayer Images: Doing What We Can
by John Freund, CM | Sep 15, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
What holds me back from doing what I can? Do I pray that we live this heritage today?
Seeing Potential and Fostering It In Young People
by John Freund, CM | Sep 11, 2020 | Formation, Reflections
It has been written of Frederic Ozanam: “While innovators wore themselves out with theories for changing the world, these young men set about climbing up to the floors where the misery of the poor hid.”
Vincentian Prayer Images: Frederic Ozanam and Concern for Workers
by John Freund, CM | Sep 8, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Vincentian Family
The juxtaposition of Labor Day (9/7) and the feast of Blessed Frederic (9/8) can give us much to pray about.
The Origin of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Bringing together two worlds that did not know each other
by Famvin Media Resources | Sep 6, 2020 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
This was the crisis situation in which 7 young men stood up and decided “to go to the margins”. This is a dramatic, very moving and very topical story, with many parallels between that period and our own.