Tuesday, Sept. 7, 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
BLESSED ANTOINE-FREDERIC OZANAM (b Milan 1813, d Marseilles 1853)
Husband and Father, Professor and Writer, Founder of St. Vincent de Paul Society
Born in Milan to French parents, Frederic studied law at the Sorbonne, where his faith was often challenged. To back up his defense of it
by deeds, he and his friends started visiting the poor in Paris tenements to help them out as best they could. This was the nucleus for the
charitable Society of St. Vincent de Paul which he founded as a lay apostolate in 1833. In Paris, his circle included Chateaubriand and other
leaders of what was then a neo-Catholic movement. As a contributor to many periodicals even as a student, he also wrote books on literature
and sociology (after his death, his complete works were published in 11 volumes) came to be considered the leading historical and literary
critic in the neo-Catholic movement of this time - more learned, more sincere, and more logical than Chateaubriand. After receiving his
doctorates in law and in literature, he became a professor, first in Lyons then in Paris. In 1841, he married Amelie Soulacroix with whom
he had a daughter. His society was flourishing and he travelled throughout Europe to promote it. After the 1848 Revolution, the French
government asked the Society to supervise government aid to the poor, and Vincentians throughout Europe came to their aid. Frederic
started a newspaper promoting the cause of workers and the poor. He was always sickly, and in 1853, when he was just 40, he died of TB.
By then, his Society had more than 2,000 members. Today, it is a worldwide society with over 100,000 members whose councils are active
in most of the major cities of Europe and the United States. Frederic was beatified by John Paul II in ceremonies at Notre Dame de Paris
in 1997.
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/nab/readings/090710.shtml
OR for 9/6/-9/7/10:
Visiting Carpineto Romano, the Pope says Christians are a beneficial and peaceful force for radical change in society:
'Well-rooted in faith in Christ'
At the Angelus, he reminds the youth of the world that like trees, they need profound roots to grow properly and well
The issue provides a coverage of the Holy Father's pastoral visit to Carpineto Romano in homage to Leo XIII, and the Sunday Angelus in which he reiterated the core of his Message for World Youth Day 2011 released last week. Other Page 1 items: Rains in Guatemala cause flooding and deadly mudslides along the Pan-American Highway, and thousands homeless; and a puff piece on various Obama proposals to give the impression his administration is doing something about the stagnant economy.
THE POPE'S DAY
No official events scheduled for the Holy Father today, but at 5 p.m., he will be honored witb a performance
of Mozart's
Requiem Mass by the Orchestra di Padova e della Veneto, a choir from Turin and four soloists -
an offering to the Pope by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences to mark the first five years of his pontificate.
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