15 Days of Prayer with Blessed Frederic Ozanam by Christian Verheyde

15 Days of Prayer with Blessed Frederic Ozanam by Christian Verheyde

Blessed Fr d ric Ozanam is best known for founding the Conference of Charity which became the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. His dream was to encircle the globe in a network of charity, and the Society continues to live by this mission, maintaining active memberships across five continents.

15 Days of Prayer with Blessed Fr d ric marks the 200th anniversary of Ozanam's birth. Christian Verheyde selects writings that reflect the breadth of Ozanam's interests, including his love for his family; his desire to proclaim the faith authentically; and his desire to reconcile science and religion, wealth and poverty, and believers and unbelievers. Following the format of the bestselling 15 Days of Prayer series, each meditation includes reflection questions - the perfect means of attending to Ozanam's insistence that faith be put into action.

Christian Verheyde, a member of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, has spent many years educating the public about the captivating figure of Frü¾Ž–”¼dü¾Ž–”¼ric Ozanam - a committed layman, a husband and father, a scholar at the service of the poor, and a man with a living faith and a concrete spirituality. Verheyde has been active since his youth in associations for the promotion of culture and charitable works. In 2002, together with his wife and a team of Vincentians, he founded the Frü¾Ž–”¼dü¾Ž–”¼ric Ozanam Welcome Center in Lille (France) which helps the most destitute.