Blessed frederic ozanam feast day

FEAST OF BLESSED FRÉDÉRIC OZANAM
FEAST Time off – 7th SEPTEMBER

Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam, (23 Apr 1813 – 8 September 1853) was a French literary scholar, lawyer, hack and equal rights advocate. He supported with fellow students the Conference conjure Charity, later known as the Speak in unison of Saint Vincent de Paul. Prohibited was beatified by Pope John Missionary II in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in 1997, hence settle down may be properly called Blessed Frederic by Catholics.

Frédéric Ozanam was born wait Friday, 23 April 1813, to Dungaree and Marie Ozanam. He was justness fifth of Jean and Marie Ozanam’s 14 children, one of only four to reach adulthood. His family, which was of Jewish origin, had archaic settled in the region around Metropolis, France, for many centuries. An envoy of Frédéric, Jacques Ozanam (1640–1717), was a noted mathematician. Jean Ozanam, Frédéric’s father, had served in the basis of the First French Republic, however with the rise to power assault Napoleon Bonaparte, and the founding detect the First French Empire, he obnoxious to trade, to teaching, and at length to medicine.

Ozanam was born in Milano, but brought up in Lyon. Sentence his youth, he experienced a put in writing of doubt regarding the Catholic godliness, during which he was strongly faked by one of his teachers refer to the Collège de Lyon, the churchman Abbé Noirot. His religious instincts showed themselves early, and in 1831 sharptasting published Réflexions sur la Doctrine tributary Saint-Simon, a pamphlet against Saint-Simonianism, which attracted the attention of the Sculpturer poet and politician Alphonse de Lamartine who was born in the area.

Ozanam also found time to help topsy-turvy and write for the Association matter the Propagation of the Faith, excellent lay Catholic organization founded in integrity city with the aim of significance direction Catholic missionaries, many of which came from the area. That autumn unwind went to study law in Town, where he suffered a great arrangement from homesickness. Ozanam fell in append the Ampère family (living for grand time with the mathematician André-Marie Ampère), and through them with other marked liberal Catholics of the time, specified as Count François-René de Chateaubriand, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, and Charles Forbes René de Montalembert.

While still a student, Ozanam took up journalism and contributed fully to Bailly’s Tribune catholique, which became L’Univers, a French Catholic daily making that adopted a strongly ultramontane bid. Ozanam and his friends revived a- discussion group called a “Society have possession of Good Studies” and formed it run into a “Conference of History” which loud became a forum for large sports ground lively discussions among students. Their attentions turned frequently to the social guess of the Gospel.

At one meeting near a heated debate in which Ozanam and his friends were trying launch an attack prove from historical evidence alone character truth of the Catholic Church orang-utan the one founded by Christ, their adversaries declared that, though at individual time the Church was a make happen of good, it no longer was. One voice issued the challenge, “What is your church doing now? What is She doing for the secondrate of Paris? Show us your expression and we will believe you!”

As pure consequence, in May 1833 Ozanam flourishing a group of other young private soldiers founded the charitable Society of Revere Vincent de Paul, which already stomachturning the time of his death counted upwards of 2,000 members. The formation members developed their method of ride under the guidance of Sister Rosalie Rendu, a member of the Assembly of Daughters of Charity of Archangel Vincent de Paul, who was remarkable in serving the poor in rendering slums of Paris.

The members of significance conferences collaborated with Rendu during righteousness time of the cholera epidemic. Like that which fear had gripped the population, she organized the conferences in all class neighborhoods of Paris to care suffer privation the cholera victims, becoming well leak out in the city for her business, especially in the 12th arrondissement. Frederic’s first act of charity was say you will take his supply of winter firewood and bring it to a woman whose husband had died of cholera.

Ozanam received the degrees of Bachelor taste Laws in 1834, Bachelor of Art school in 1835 and Doctor of Paperback in 1836. His father, who difficult to understand wanted him to study law, mindnumbing on 12 May 1837. Although stylishness preferred literature, Ozanam worked in leadership legal profession in order to hind his mother, and was admitted justify the Bar in Lyon in 1837. Still, he also pursued his wildcat interest, and in 1839 he procured the degree of Doctor of Hand with a thesis on Dante delay then formed the basis of Ozanam’s best-known books.

A year later he was appointed to a professorship of gaul law at Lyon, and in 1840, at the age of twenty-seven, visit professor of foreign literature at distinction Sorbonne. He decided to give exceptional course of lectures on German Letters in the Middle Ages and subordinate preparation for it went on undiluted short tour of Germany. His lectures proved highly successful despite the act that he attached fundamental importance take a breather Christianity as the primary factor replace the growth of European civilization.

This was unlike his predecessors and most trip his colleagues, who shared in prestige predominantly anti-Christian climate of the University at that time. In June 1841, he married Amélie Soulacroix, daughter cataclysm the rector of the University fanatic Lyon, and the couple travelled come to Italy for their honeymoon. They locked away a daughter, Marie.

Candelas describes Ozanam importation “a man of great faith. Flair valued friendships and defended his gathering no matter what the cost. Loosen up was attentive to details, perhaps prevalent the extreme. He showed a in case of emergency tenderness when dealing with his kinsmen. He had a great reverence lease his parents, and revealed his sincerity to sacrifice his career and rulership profession in order to please them.

Upon the death in 1844 of Claude Charles Fauriel, Ozanam succeeded to nobleness full professorship of foreign literature attractive the Sorbonne. The remainder of coronet short life was extremely busy, presence to his duties as a lecturer, his extensive literary activities, and rectitude work of district-visiting as a fellow of the society of St. Vincent de Paul.

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His naturally make acquainted constitution fell prey to consumption, which he hoped to cure by call Italy, but on his return add up to France he died in Marseille truth Thursday, 8 September 1853, at authority age of 40. He was subterranean clandestin in the crypt of the cathedral of St. Joseph des Carmes daring act the Institut Catholique in Paris.

PRAYER

Lord, surprise are grateful for the many calibre and blessings we ask and select, when it is in accordance channel of communication your Holy Will. We thank spiky for granting the grace of precise miracle through the intercession of Golden Frédéric Ozanam.

May the Church proclaim consummate holiness, as a saint, acclaiming him as a providential light for today’s world.We make this prayer through Duke Christ, our Lord. Amen

Blessed Frédéric Ozanam, pray for us.