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" II.--The Good Pastor " III.--The "House of Providence" and the Tribulations " IV.--Pilgrimage to Ars " V.--Miracles wrought by the Cure of Ars " VI.--The Interior Life of the Blessed Cure " VII.--Death and Beatification of the Blessed Cure Litany and Prayer in honor of Bless...
IT was in the summer of 1859, that the venerable cure showed that his energies were nearly spent. He was then heard repeatedly to exclaim: "Alas, the sinners will kill the sinner."
5. Chapter 5NOT only to the villagers, but in a greater degree to the pilgrims who journeyed to Ars, Father Vianney's departure would have been particularly disappointing. As early as the p...
6. Chapter 6INNUMERABLE were the miracles worked by the holy man whose history we are relating. They resemble in their marvellous scope and variety, those of the Divine Master, who foretold...
4. Chapter 4IN 1825, seven years after Father Vianney had been appointed to the parish at Ars, he resolved upon a new and important undertaking. He wanted to bring together in one home all...
2. Chapter 2JEAN Baptist Marie Vianney, afterwards to become famous as the cure of Ars, was born May 8th, 1786, at Dardilly, in the South of France, not far from the City of Lyons, and was...
3. Chapter 3WHEN Jean Baptist Vianney entered his parish on that winter evening in February, 1818, he quickly realized the religious indifference prevailing there and the contrast in this r...
7. Chapter 7IN the preceding chapters we have recounted many things both edifying and interesting in the external life of the pious cure. But for a better knowledge of his noble personality...
1. Chapter 1" II.--The Good Pastor " III.--The "House of Providence" and the Tribulations " IV.--Pilgrimage to Ars " V.--Miracles wrought by the Cure of Ars " VI.--The Interior Life of the...