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Blessed Frederic Ozanam (1813 - 1853) was founder of the
Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Frederic was a husband and father,
professor and servant of the poor. He founded the Society of St. Vincent
de Paul as a young student with others of the Sorbonne in Paris. Sister
Rosalie Rendu, a Daughter of Charity, is considered a mentor of Frederic
and of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul as she taught the first
members the art of helping the poor and the sick. Frederic's writings on
social justice anticipated the first social encyclical of our modern
times, Rerum Novarum. |
Blessed Frederic Ozanam |
