Shrine of Hope for Priests
One of the three special pilgrimage sites for the 2025 Jubilee Year will be the Manly Freshwater Parish.
St John Vianney, a French priest also known as the Curé d’Ars, is venerated as the patron saint of Priests, of whom Pope Benedict XVI once said was “a true example of a pastor at the service of Christ’s flock.” He is especially well known for his generous availability to his flock in the Confessional, where he would often spend 12hours in a day administering the sacrament of mercy! His heart remains miraculously incorrupt to this day, some 165 years after his death.
We entrust our priests and seminarians to the intercession of St John Vianney – this Shrine of Hope for Priests is a place for priests to come to be refreshed and renewed, and a place for all of the faithful to come to pray for their priests.
Special events will be held throughout the Jubilee Year – come back in early 2025 to view the full calendar of events and to find out how to get involved.