Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
  • Our Parish
    • Become a Parishioner
    • Contact Us
    • Parish Directory
    • Parish Council
    • Mass Schedule & Reconciliation
    • Sacraments
    • Holy Redeemer School
    • Staff
    • Facilities
  • News & Events
    • Holy Redeemer Strategic Plan 2022
    • 2022 Vacation Bible School
    • Divine Mercy at Holy Redeemer
    • Holy Redeemer Healthy Cookbook
    • Mass Live Stream >
      • Spiritual Communion
      • Mass Sheet Music
      • Mass at Home
      • YouTube Tips
      • Funeral Mass Live Stream
      • Holy Hour for Life Live Stream
    • Online Giving
    • FORMED
    • Electronic Giving
    • Bulletin
    • SCRIP Gift Card Program
    • Photos
    • Palm Weaving & Braiding
    • Stewards of God's Grace Capital Campaign
    • Homilies
  • Prayer Groups
    • LoveEd Program
    • St. John Vianney Chapel >
      • Register for an hour
      • About our Chapel
      • Contact our Chapel Committee
    • Can We Pray for You
  • Ministries
    • Altar Servers
    • Youth Ministry >
      • High School >
        • HS Youth Ministry Photo Gallery
      • Jr. High
      • Scouts
      • Scout Mass Planning
      • Permission Forms
  • Faith Formation
    • RCIA
    • K-8 Religious Education
    • Faith Study Groups
    • Women's Study Groups
    • HR Men's Groups
  • How to Advertise your Holy Redeemer Event
  • Getting Started with FORMED
  • Brute Award
  • Safe Environment
  • Natural Family Planning
  • HR Parish Mission
  • Coronavirus Precautions
    • March 13 Update
    • March 17 Update
    • March 24 Update
    • April 1 Update
    • April 3 Update
    • April 7 Update
    • April 9 Update
    • April 10 Update
    • April 12 Update
    • April 20 Update
    • May 1 Update
    • May 7 Update
    • May 15 Update
    • June 25 Update
  • Confirmation Parent & Sponsor Meeting Live Stream
  • COVID-19 Precautions
Picture
St. John Vianney
Feast Day: August 4


St. John Vianney, Priest (Patron of priests) Feast day - August 4 Universally known as the "Cure of Ars)," St. John Mary Vianney was ordained a priest in 1815. Three years later he was made parish priest of Ars, a remote French hamlet, where his reputation as a confessor and director of souls made him known throughout the Christian world. His life was one of extreme mortification.

Accustomed to the most severe austerities, beleaguered by swarms of penitents, and besieged by the devil, this great mystic manifested a imperturbable patience. He was a wonder worker loved by the crowds, but he retained a childlike simplicity, and he remains to this day the living image of the priest after the heart of Christ.

He heard confessions of people from all over the world for the sixteen hours each day. His life was filled with works of charity and love. It is recorded that even the staunchest of sinners were converted at his mere word. He died August 4, 1859, and was canonized May 31, 1925.

About our Chapel

Picture
On Sunday November 1, 2009, Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration began at St. John Vianney Perpetual Adoration Chapel on the grounds of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church.

Perpetual Adoration is a devotion in which the consecrated Eucharist remains exposed in the monstrance for veneration by the faithful. Adoration continues without interruption 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Our Lord continues to call us to come closer to Him. "Guardians of the Eucharist" take that step by making the commitment and sacrifice of spending an hour in prayer each week with our Lord, truly present in the Eucharist.

In our busy lives it is often difficult to find time for prayer. Here is a devotion in which our Lord waits for us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is available for when we have time. He said to his disciples, "Could you not watch one hour with me?"

Those who make Perpetual Adoration of the Eucharist an important part of their lives soon find Christ in the Eucharist becoming more central to their lives. Perpetual Adoration wins many graces for the individual, the family, the parish, the diocese, the universal Church, and the world. Anyone who makes the sacrifice to participate in this sacred endeavor will be blessed a hundredfold. He or she will come to a relationship with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Let us make every effort to find the time to spend an hour with Him who loved us so much that He suffered and died for our salvation that we might be blessed with eternal life with Him in His glorious kingdom of heaven.

This hour Jesus wants you to spend with Him is spent in any way you want. You may bring your own prayer books, use the books in the chapel, read the Bible, pray the Rosary, or just sit, relax and enjoy the sweet peace that comes from simply being in the Presence of God. Print this passage, take it with you and imagine that Jesus is speaking just to you.

You may feel you can't pray well. Don't let this discourage you. The mere fact that you take time out at a specific time each week to spend an hour with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament pleases Him very much, and is in itself a prayer of great faith. Please remember that Perpetual Adoration in a parish is not just for a day, a week, a month, or a year. Rather it is for always. It is not temporary, but ongoing, lasting, permanent. Pope John Paul II says that: "Our essential commitment in life is to grow spiritually in the climate of the Holy Eucharist."

New adorers and substitutes are always welcome. "Open" hours are published HERE.



Register for Your Hour
See Open Hours

Location

Contact Us

Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
918 W. Mill Rd.
Evansville, IN 47710


Office: (812) 424-8344
FAX: ​. (812) 424-7166