Federico-Ozanam-5 VIII - ED É SUBITO SERA... Federico usci dal periodo di impegno sociale e politico del 1848 estenuato fisicamente e psicologicamente. Perció, dietro insistenza dei medici, dovette lasciare di nuovo Pari­gi, la sua casa, la scuola, e iniziare un pellegrinaggio multi­forme in cerca di salute. Eccolo dapprima, con la moglie e la bambina, a Farney, presso Ginevra, cittá dove tenne una vibrante allocuzione alle Conferenze di Caritá. Questo sara il suo apostolato missio­nario in tutte le localitá dove fará tappa. Nelle vacanze del 1850 raggiunse la Bretagna, soggior­no ... Seguir leyendo
Federico Ozanam Capitulo XXXI: Regreso a Francia A través de las sombras que me envuelven Guía mis pasos, bienhechora luz. La noche es negra; y el hogar muy lejos, Sé mi guía tú. Guía mis pasos, mi oración no pide Horizontes sin fin. Un solo paso no más, un solo paso Bastante u para mí. Víctor Iriarte, S. J. 1.— Adiós a Antignano 2.— Marsella 3.— Los últimos Sacramentos 4.— Sacrificio mutuo 5.— Muerte de Ozanam 6.— La cripta do los Carmelites 7.— Epitafio. El mal empeoraba cada día más. El enfermo, ya sin fuerzas, apenas ... Seguir leyendo
Federico Ozanam Capítulo XXVIII: La enfermedad. Los Pirineos. Ahora precisa el valor, Eneas, ahora pecho firme. Virgilio (Eneida. Lib. VI) 1.— Últimos días en la Sorbona—2 El siglo V 3.— La última lección 4.— Carta de apóstol 5.— Los Pirineos 6.— El P. Henry Perreyve 7.— El P. Mermillod 8.— Cartas de dolor y resignación 9.— Burgos 10.— Visita a Pouy 11.— Hacia Italia. 1. La estancia en Sceaux y, sobre todo, el aire del mar en Dieppe, fueron propicios a la salud de Ozanam, al menos por algún tiempo. Después ... Seguir leyendo
Ozanam Chapter 4 - The Emergence of Ozanam's Vision: Being Christian in a Modern World When he was barely eighteen years old, Ozanam began what was to become his life's task -that of being an apologist for the Catholic faith in a life devoted to the service of "Eternal Truth" in the realm of ideas and to the service of the poor in the realm of action. At this time he wrote a series of articles against Saint Simon-ism, a false but seductive doctrine especially attractive among the ... Seguir leyendo
Ozanam Chapter 3 - The Spirit of Gospel and St. Vincent de Paul Frederic Ozanam is appropriately buried in the crypt of the Church of St. Joseph des Carmes which adjoins and serves the students attending the Institut Catholique in Paris. Above his tomb is a mural depicting the parable of the Good Samaritan. If there is a single significant passage of the Gospel that his life and that of the group he helped to found incarnated, it was this one. He developed the idea in a ... Seguir leyendo
Ozanam 007 To beatify someone does not mean to erect a statue of the person. On the contrary, according to the Latin etymology (beatificare = beatum facere), it means “to make happy”. Indeed, in beatifying Frederic Ozanam, the Church solemnly proclaims in the light of God and for all eternity to all of Christendom, and all youth in particular, the sanctity of the principal founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. At the same time we are all “made happy” because this admirable witness given by ... Seguir leyendo