Shrine of Hope for Priests & Vocations

Manly

Shrine of Hope for Priests & Vocations

Under the patronage of St John Vianney

One of the three special pilgrimage sites for the 2025 Jubilee Year will be the Manly Freshwater Parish.

We entrust our priests and seminarians to the intercession of St John Vianney – this Shrine of Hope for Priests & Vocations is a place for priests to come to be refreshed and renewed, and a place for all of the People of God of Broken Bay to come to pray for their priests.

While this shrine holds a special focus on praying for priests and religious, it is a place of hope for everyone. 

God calls each person to a unique vocation – whether to priesthood, religious life, marriage, or the committed single life. Every vocation is a path to share God’s love in this world and to experience the fullness of His love in the next.

At the heart of every vocation is our Baptism, where we receive the universal call to holiness. Our individual vocations are the way we live out that call, responding to God’s unique invitation in our lives.

Here at the Shrine of Hope for Priests & Vocations, we invite you to pray for vocations of all kinds – that priests, religious, married couples, and single people may live their calling with joy and faithfulness. Most of all, we pray that every baptised person may listen attentively to God’s voice and courageously follow His call.

The Relic of St John Vianney will be installed in the Shrine on 2nd March, 2025.

St John Vianney Icon

Icon of Saint John Vianney courtesy of monasteryicons.com. Used with permission.

Special events will be held throughout the Jubilee Year – come back soon to view the full calendar of events and to find out how to get involved.

St John Vianney, a French priest also known as the Curé d’Ars, is venerated as the patron saint of Priests, of whom Pope Benedict XVI once said was “a true example of a pastor at the service of Christ’s flock.”

He is especially well known for his generous availability to his flock in the Confessional, where he would often spend 12 hours in a day administering the sacrament of mercy! His heart remains miraculously incorrupt to this day, some 165 years after his death.

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Upcoming Events

Jubilee Celebrations to be held at the Manly Shrine of Hope for Priests and Vocations will be displayed here, and will be updated as the Holy Year progresses. Check back regularly to make sure you don't miss out!