Today Christians Commemorate St. Anastasius The Fuller & Blessed Frederic Ozanam – Please Pray For Us!

St. Anastasios

St. Anastasius Fuller, Martyr for Christ
Image: San Sabastian College

(EWTN) Born in Italy Aquileian (modern day Venice) into a wealthy noble family according to SQPN Anastasius became a fuller or a cloth merchant in Dalmatia (modern day Croatia) there he painted a cross on the door of his shop, Anastasius was subsequently arrested for practicing Christianity and was martyred by drowning in 304

Blessed Frederic Ozanam

(Franciscan Media) Frederic was convinced of the inestimable worth of each person that he would serve the poor of Paris — During his Beatification in 1997 Pope Saint John Paul II noted Frederic Ozanam was a “Good Samaritan—loved everyone who was deprived. From his youth, he became aware that it was not enough to speak about charity and the mission of the Church in the world, rather what was needed was an effective commitment of Christians in the service of the poor…he understood that charity must lead to efforts to remedy injustice….”

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