AUGUST 19 - SAINT JOHN EUDES
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Profile
Farmer’s son who attended the Jesuit college at Caen, France at age 14. Joined the Congregation of the Oratory of France. Studied at Paris and Aubervilliers in France. Priest. Ministered to plague victims. Missionary and preacher, working well over 100 missions. Worked against Jansenism. Established seminaries. Founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary Eudists on 25 March 1643 to promote virtuous secular parochial clergy not bound by vows, but dedicated to improving the clergy through seminaries and missions; due to opposition by Oratorians and Jansenists, he never obtained papal approval. Founded the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity who worked for the welfare of penitent women. Author of the liturgical devotion of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Born
14 November 1601 at Ri, Normandy, France
Died
19 August 1680 at Caen, Normandy, France
Venerated
6 January 1903 by Pope Leo XIII (decree of heroic virtues)
Beatified
25 April 1909 by Pope Saint Pius X
Canonized
31 May 1925 by Pope Pius XI
Patronage
Baie-Comeau, Québec, diocese of
Representation
priest with or presenting the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary