Chapter XXIX: Leghorn — The last summer San Jacopo — Sienna — L’Antignano, Marseilles — A holy death Leghorn is about 12 miles below Pisa. A charming little village named San Jacopo, nestles among the … Read More
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Chapter XXVIII: In Italy — Winter at Pisa The Conference in Florence — Authorisation — Notre Dame de Pisa — Historical works — The ascent of life — The sacrifice 1853 Ozanam visited, first, Pisa’s … Read More
Humility in the Life of the Daughter of Charity
Humility, along with simplicity and charity, is one of the virtues that constitute the spirit of the Daughters of Charity. This chapter will be divided into three parts: 1) a brief study of humility as … Read More
Simplicity in the Life of the Daughter of Charity
For Vincent de Paul, simplicity, humility, and charity constitute the spirit of the Daughters of Charity (SV IX, 594-95). The word spirit, of course, means life. These three virtues are so important that without them … Read More
My Hopes for the Company of the Daughters of Charity
Over the past year many Daughters of Charity have asked me to express my hopes for the Company, as I did a year ago for the Congregation of the Mission. I have hesitated for a … Read More
Vincentian Formation in an African Context
My brothers, it is good that we are here. This is the first such meeting, on African soil, in the history of the Congregation. It is a sign of how important Africa has become in … Read More
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Chapter XXVII: Illness — The Pyrenees — Spain — Pilgrimages The last course of lectures — The Pyrenees — Notre Dame de Burgos — “The land of the Cid” — The Corniche Road 1852 The … Read More
Toward a New Evangelization. Reflections on the Congregation of the Mission
In times of renewal, “young men see visions and old men dream dreams,” the prophet Joel tells us (cf. JI 3:1; also Acts 2:17). Today I ask the Lord to stimulate all of us to … Read More
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Chapter XXVI: His intimate life Family — Religion — Charity — Friendship Ozanam described to Ampère in a letter from Sceaux, dated 22nd October, 1851, his domestic happiness darkened, it is true, by a cloud … Read More
Some Hopes for the World-Wide Congregation
The prophet Joel tells us that young men will see visions and old men will dream dreams (Jl 3:1). As brothers in the Congregation, I hope that we can dream the same dreams so that … Read More