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- September 24, 2009 - No Comments
Saint John Vianney and “The Year for Priests”
AS A PART of Pope Benedict XVI’s declaration of June 2009 through June 2010 as “the Year for Priests,” His Holiness named Saint John Marie Vianney as the Universal Patron of Priests. This humble French priest was assigned to the rural and spiritually dying town of Ars in central France in 1818. Through his example of personal holiness and attention to the sacraments, he was able to radically transform his parish, eventually attracting pilgrims from all over the world.
Monastery Icons’ icon of Saint John Marie Vianney is available in a wide variety of formats, offering you many ways in which to inspire devotion to Saint John’s priestly example and to honor and inspire parish priests.
