Vincentian places series

The Ozanams embarked on several journeys in Ozanam’s last years, which they desperately hoped would allow his health to improve.

In 1851 Ozanam visited London to view the international exhibition at the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, celebrating modern industry and civilization. At the same time he was deeply troubled by the poverty of the working class of England.

When he visited the city of Saint-Étienne, Ozanam was saddened by scenes of the modern industrial world that brutalized both men and nature.

In 1833, Ozanam and his friends left Paris on the Feast of Corpus Christi to participate in the religious procession held at Nanterre.

When Ozanam was appointed to lecture on German literature, he journeyed throughout Germany to research carefully and to appreciate fully the milieu of the subject he was about to teach.

In 1840 Ozanam traveled to Sens, where his friend François Lallier resided.

When Ozanam rented a country house in Sceaux, not far from Paris, his friend Jean-Jacques Ampère visited him on a regular schedule.

In 1836, three years after the family visit to Italy, Frédéric and his brother Alphonse had enjoyed each other’s company on a journey through Switzerland.

Ozanam’s visits to those in poverty made him painfully aware of the large number of people leading a life of degradation. He wrote from his experience in the 12th Arrondissement.