Sacred Heart Church at 400 Nilles Road, Fairfield, OH 45014 US - Year of The Priest
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Year of The Priest |
JOHN VIANNEY – PATRON SAINT OF PARISH PRIESTS
Meeting with members of the Congregation for Clergy, the Holy Father announced that the Church will celebrate a special year for priests beginning on June 19, 2009. The year will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the death of St. John (Jean) Vianney, Cure of Ars.
The pope will open the special year with a vespers service at the Vatican June 19 -- the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the day for the sanctification of priests. He will close the celebrations during a World Meeting of Priests in St. Peter's Square June 19, 2010.
During this jubilee year, the pope will also proclaim St. John Vianney to be patron saint of all the world's priests. At present he is considered the patron saint of parish priests. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the death of this 19th-century saint who represents a "true example of a priest at the service of the flock of Christ," the pope said.
The pope said he was calling for the special year for priests in an effort to foster the priest's yearning "for spiritual perfection, upon which the effectiveness of their ministry principally depends."
Click here http://www.usccb.org/yearforpriests for more information about the Year of The Priest , June 19, 2009-June 19, 2010.
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