St. John Eudes
Feast 08-19 · Canonized 1925
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About
John Eudes was born in 1601 in Normandy, France. Ordained a priest in 1625, he spent years preaching parish missions before founding the Congregation of Jesus and Mary, known as the Eudists, dedicated to the formation of diocesan priests.
He was a pioneer of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, composing the first liturgical offices in their honor. He also founded the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity to care for women in need.
He died in 1680 and was canonized in 1925. Pope Pius XI called him the father, doctor, and apostle of the liturgical cult of the Sacred Hearts.
Suggested prayer
O God, who inspired St. John Eudes to compose the first liturgical offices of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, grant through his intercession that seminarians and all devoted to the Heart of Jesus may serve with zeal and humility. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
