The Knights of Columbus will be presenting Saint Jean Vianney’s incorrupt heart, a major relic from French history, in the Boston area next week while the relic takes a national tour, officials from the Archdiocese of Boston announced.
Vianney was a priest in the small town of Ars, a French town of only 260 people during the 1800s, but he became widely known for his pure heart, the Knights of Columbus report.
“He soon became a ‘prisoner’ of the confessional, hearing confessions for up to eighteen hours a day, as people came from across Europe and beyond to see him,” the Knights said.
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The heart will be on display for veneration at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Tuesday, April 30; the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center, and John Paul II Divine Mercy Shrine on Wednesday, May 1; and Blessed Sacrament Church in Walpole on Thursday, May 2, according to a statement from the diocese.
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