15 Days of Prayer with Blessed Frederic marks the 200th anniversary of Ozanam's birth. Verheyde's meditations reflect the breadth of Ozanam's interests: his love for his family; his desire to proclaim the faith authentically.

Frederic Ozanam is best known as a founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, an association of charity that has spread throughout the world. He was also one of the most celebrated professors at the University of Paris, where a lecture hall has been dedicated to his memory. In "Praying with Frederic Ozanam", readers will get to know the man who lived in fidelity to God's grace as a Catholic layman--a devoted husband and father, a distinguished writer, and a man who actively practiced the works of mercy.

Raymond Sickinger’s biography of Antoine Frédéric Ozanam is more than a chronological account of Ozanam’s relatively brief but extraordinary life. It is also a comprehensive study of a man who touched many lives as a teacher, writer, and principal founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Ozanam’s life encompassed a particularly turbulent time in French history, and he was a witness to two major political upheavals—the overthrow of the Bourbon dynasty that brought Louis Philippe to power in 1830, and the end of Louis Philippe’s “Bourgeois Monarchy” as a result of the 1848 Revolutions. This book examines Ozanam’s life in a number of ways. First, it explores the various roles he played throughout his life—son, sibling, student, member of and an inspiration for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, spouse and father, scholar, and spokesperson for the common people. Second, it examines the lessons he learned in his life, including the importance of friendship, the meaning of solidarity, and the role and purpose of suffering, among many others that he shares with those who study his thought and work. It concludes with an account of Ozanam’s enduring legacy. Antoine Frédéric Ozanam feared that he would not have a fruitful career, but his legacy remains a powerful testimony to his greatness. This book will interest scholars wishing to know more about Ozanam and the period in which he lived, as well as a wider audience, including those who are aware of or are members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

2013 marks the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Blessed Antoine-Frederic Ozanam. The worldwide Society of Saint Vincent de Paul has planned celebrations for his birthday and feast day. This new biography, the first in English in many years, is dedicated to this remarkable Catholic layman.

Here are the rules, conferences and writings of these two Vincentian founders who, through service to the poor, left an indelible mark on the church in France in the seventeenth century and beyond to the present. Louise (1591-1660) first came to Vincent (1581-1660) for spiritual direction and they became coworkers and friends for the rest of their lives.

Jean Paul II, durant les JMJ 97 à Paris, au cours de la béatification de Frédéric Ozanam (1813-1853), a rappelé aux chrétiens l'urgence de l'engagement social. Ozanam était convaincu en effet que la question sociale n'est pas d'ordre purement économique, ni strictement politique, mais qu'elle relève d'un regard de Foi porté sur l'homme. Fondateur de la Société de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Frédéric Ozanam donna le signal de l'action populaire chrétienne. Que ses exhortations, pressantes et lumineuses, suscitent des initiatives nouvelles dans le combat pour la justice et la charité.