Hosanna!
Blessed Frederic Ozanam: Family and Friends
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Why am I writing a biography of Frederic Ozanam? Because he is far above the ordinary and because, I believe, he has something to say in word and action to today’s world. Lacordaire said: “Ozanam: that type of Christian, as ancient as his religion, as modern as his time.” I would say: “as modern as today.” Frederic Ozanam experienced a world of upheaval, economic disaster, social injustice, horrendous poverty, and epidemic diseases, and he lived through it all happily and successfully. Frederic speaks to single and married, to students and professors, to professionals and volunteers. Frederic was a remarkable lover of his wife, child, family, the poor, his collegians and colleagues, his God. He exemplifies the person in whom faith and action meet, in whom intelligence and holiness shine, and the man who discovered the secret of how to balance it all.
Why this biography? To provide updated information in English regarding Frederic Ozanam’s life and family not available except in French. The sorry fact is that even the French has had a limited circulation which I hope in time will be rectified.
Frederic Ozanam saw the Risen Christ in the other – a gift that many would die for – and do.
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About the Book
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.
About the Author
Ron Ramson has been speaking on the life and spirituality of Blessed Frederic Ozanam for a good number of years throughout the United States, Canada, Haiti, and during his time as a missionary in Kenya. He is the author of Praying with Frederic Ozanam, which has been translated into Spanish and Portuguese.
Over the years, Ramson has become a devoted “friend” of Frederic and his family.
Ron Ramson, CM, is a Vincentian priest who currently ministers as a spiritual director at Holy Trinity Seminary, Irving, Texas.