Part I: Vincent de Paul and the world Chapter I: The years of apprenticeship THE parents of Vincent de Paul were natives of the South. His father, Jean de Paul, owned a very small property … Read More
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Introduction A RECENT work by a learned and brilliant writer contains the following passage: ” It was the age of S. Vincent de Paul, patron Saint of practical philanthropists. The air was thick with orphanages … Read More
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Chapter XX: The Revolution of 1848 Pontifical policy — Rome’s dangers and hopes — The February Revolution — Political candidature — “The party of confidence” Ozanam reached Paris in the early days of August, 1847. … Read More
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Chapter XIX: Mission to Italy Florence — Rome — Pius IX — Audiences and ovations — Venice — Echallens 1847 The itinerary of the journey, which began in December, 1846, was through the South of … Read More
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Chapter XVIII: Family work — Charitable activity As a father — Hard work and happiness — Ancient Germany — M. Gossin — Workermen’¡s club 1844-46. From the beginning of 1844 Ozanam had the pleasure of … Read More
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Chapter XVII: The Church and the University Liberty of teaching — “The Correspondant.” — A full professor — Disturbance of students in the Sorbonne — M. Lenormant’s lectures 1844-1845 The year 1843 and succeeding years … Read More
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Chapter XVI: Master and disciples Stanislaus college — Ozanam as professor and as an examiner — Parisian conferences — Religious polemics. 1841-1843. Monsieur and Madame Frederic Ozanam, now domiciled in Paris, had first taken a … Read More
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Chapter XV: The Sorbonne — Ancient Germany First lectures — Teutonism and Christianity — The Holy Roman Empire — The historian. 1842. Back to Paris as a Professor, after six years continuous absence, Ozanam was … Read More
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Chapter XIV: His marriage Belgium and the banks of the Rhine — Christian marriage — Lyons or Paris — The wedding — Honeymoon — Sicily and Rome 1841. Ozanam’s intention was to return to Lyons … Read More
Rosalie Rendu
Jeanne Rendu was born on September 9, 1786 in the village of Confort, a village in Savoy. From her childhood she was educated in the practice of Charity, so the attraction to the service of … Read More