Father and Joe E473: Saint John Vianney — Parish Priests, Mission, and the Future of the Church

Released on the feast of **Saint John Vianney**, this episode gives Father Boniface Hicks the floor to reflect on the patron saint of parish priests—at a personally meaningful moment, as Father Boniface begins serving in a parish in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Saint John Vianney was not known as a brilliant academic. He struggled through seminary, lived through the turbulence after the French Revolution, and was assigned to a small parish in Ars. Yet by giving himself completely to the people ...