NASHVILLE (TN)
WTVF
May 23, 2019
By Hannah McDonald
The actual heart of Catholic Saint John Vianney stopped in Nashville Wednesday.
In Catholic tradition, a relic, such as a heart, can be saved after a saint or holy person passes away for Catholics to view and pray with. The object is meant to draw a person closer to God and not for worshiping.
Saint Vianney lived in the 19th Century in France. He is the patron saint of priests. Many members of the clergy consider him to be a model for holiness.
“He was such a hero,” said Father Ed Steiner, pastor of the Cathedral of the Incarnation.
Fr. Steiner is hopeful that St. Vianney’s story can bring people back to the church.
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