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Opening of the Priestly Year and Conclusion of the Pauline Year |
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 Pope Benedict XVI is proclaiming a Year
for Priests on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the death of St.
Jean Marie Vianney, the Curé of Ars, (the parish priest of the village of Ars,
in France), a Vatican communiqué reported. The Pope will officially proclaim
St. Jean Marie Vianney as "patron saint of all the priests of the
world."
The theme for the priestly year is "Faithfulness of Christ, faithfulness
of priests." The Pope is scheduled to open the year with a celebration of
vespers on June 19, the solemnity of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the World Day of Prayers for the sanctification
of Priests.
The closing ceremony will take place exactly one year later, with a World
Meeting of Priests in St. Peter's Square.
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