2010-04-20 15:28:00

St. John Vianney relics arrive this week in Ireland


(April 20, 2010) The bishops of Ireland are inviting Catholics to participate in the World Day of Prayer for Vocations on Sunday April 25. The relics of St. John Vianney are scheduled to arrive in the country that day. The relics of St. John Vianney, patron of parish priests, and the model proposed by Pope Benedict XVI, when he declared this special year to celebrate the priesthood, will be in Ireland until April 29.
A communiqué from the bishops' conference underlined the theme of this year's Vocation Sunday, "Witness Awakens Vocations," chosen by Pope Benedict in keeping with this Year for Priests. It quoted the Pope's message for Sunday's event: "May this World Day of Vocations, once again offer many young people a precious opportunity to reflect on their own vocation, and to be faithful to it in simplicity, trust and complete openness.
The Pope’s message concluded with a prayer saying "May the Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, watch over each tiny seed of a vocation in the hearts of those, whom the Lord calls to follow him more closely. May she help it to grow into a mature tree, bearing much good fruit for the Church and for all humanity."








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