St John Vianney, known as theCure D'Ars, was a beloved 19th-century parish priest in Ars-sur-Formans,Ain, France. Without great expectations beyond saving souls, this simple mantransformed an insignificant backwater parish in traumatised, post-revolutionary France, against all the odds. It is a story that has led to this parish priest captivatingthe hearts and minds of many.
Fr Rutler, a parish priest in New York and acknowledged Vianney expert, it marks the Year for Priests held on the 150th anniversary of the saint's death.