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St. John Vianney
Sacred Heart Monastery
St. Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney (le Curé d’Ars)
Patron of priests
Feast day - August 4
Ordained priest in 1815; made parish priest (curé) three years later at Ars, a remote French hamlet, where his reputation as a confessor and director of souls made him known throughout the Christian world. His life was one of extreme mortification.
Accustomed to the most severe austerities, beleaguered by swarms of penitents, and besieged by the devil, this great mystic manifested a imperturbable patience. He retained a childlike simplicity, and he remains to this day the living image of the priest after the heart of Christ.
He heard confessions of people from all over the world for the sixteen hours each day. His life was filled with works of charity and love. It is recorded that even the staunchest of sinners were converted at his mere word. He died August 4, 1859, and was canonised May 31, 1925.
see: Catholic Online
St. John Vianney
Sacred Heart Monastery
St. Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney (le Curé d’Ars)
Patron of priests
Feast day - August 4
Ordained priest in 1815; made parish priest (curé) three years later at Ars, a remote French hamlet, where his reputation as a confessor and director of souls made him known throughout the Christian world. His life was one of extreme mortification.
Accustomed to the most severe austerities, beleaguered by swarms of penitents, and besieged by the devil, this great mystic manifested a imperturbable patience. He retained a childlike simplicity, and he remains to this day the living image of the priest after the heart of Christ.
He heard confessions of people from all over the world for the sixteen hours each day. His life was filled with works of charity and love. It is recorded that even the staunchest of sinners were converted at his mere word. He died August 4, 1859, and was canonised May 31, 1925.
see: Catholic Online