25 Cards Per Pack .80 per card St. John Mary Vianney Biography Laminated Prayer Card

Saint John Mary Vianney

Saint John Mary Vianney is
familiarly known as the Cure of Ars
and as such is the heavenly patron
of all parish priests.

He was born of poor parents in
Dardilly, France, in 1786. He began
his studies for the priesthood at the
age of nineteen and only after many
failures and difficulties was he
ordained in 1815.

He was appointed pastor of the
village of Ars where the Faith had
practically vanished. Here he
labored for the rest of his life
gaining a worldwide reputation as a
priest who practiced great penance,
exercised a wondrous power in the
confessional, and softened the
hearts of sinners by his preaching.

After many trials, not the least of
which was an obsession by the devil,
Father Vianney, exhausted by his
labors and his penance, returned his
soul to God in 1859. He was
canonized in 1929 and his feast is
celebrated on August 4.