by John Freund, CM | Feb 13, 2013 | Vincentian Family
In 1850 speaking to a Conference in Florence, Blessed Frederic Ozanam recalled the beginnings of the Society of St. Vincent dePaul: “Those reproaches were justified and we certainly deserved them. We therefore said to ourselves: Well then, let us set to work !...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 1, 2012 | Daughters of Charity
“Faith was the sacred fire for Frédéric. It was both a virtue to be nourished and a gift to be shared. It was a grace and a heritage in his life that made him justifiably proud and insistent in its public proclamation Faith gave him the nobility and the call...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 4, 2012 | Vincentian Family
“I ask you: let us occupy ourselves with people who have too many needs and not enough rights, who call out rightly for a greater involvement in public affairs, for guarantees of work — and who cry out against misery.” Frederick Ozanam wrote to his...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 28, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Something new … and somethings old. Something new…VinFormation offers a new resource for the feast of Blessed Frederic . Somethings old… a collection of famvin news items from the past Resources for the feast of Bl. Frederic Ozanam | FAMVIN News Sep...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 8, 2012 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Saints and Blessed Daughters of Charity Saint Catherine Labouré Blessed Giuseppina Nicoli Saint Jeanne-Antide Thouret Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira Blessed Marta Wiecka Daughters of Charity, Martyrs Blessed Rosalie Rendu For an insight into the spirituality that...