Word: vianney
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Buffalo, 14 of the 18 priests who make up the faculty of St. John Vianney Seminary were called into the chancery chapel last week by Bishop James A. McNulty. Eleven of them were asked to state their views on the encyclical. The Rev. Christian Puehn, dean of studies at the seminary, reported that the bishop's questions "focused on the area of loyalty to the teaching authority of the Pope and McNulty's own authority." At the conclusion of the meeting, said Puehn, "the bishop called six of us aside and indicated he was severing our connection with...
Philomena's saintly popularity soared with what seemed to be the miraculous cure of the dying Venerable Pauline-Marie Jaricot, French founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. Philomena was also one of the favorite saints of St. Jean Vianney (1786-1859), France's famed Curé d'Ars, who called her his "dear little saint" and his "agent in heaven." In recent times some 300,000 tourists have visited her shrine at Mugnano del Cardinale each year, and countless churches have been dedicated to her-more than 100 in the U.S. alone...