St Eymard

Growing up Eymard worked hard, helping his father with their family business. He wanted to be a priest so much that he spent his free time studying and when he was 20 years old he joined the seminary in his town of Grenoble and became a priest. Fr. Eymard loved Jesus and he knew that Jesus was truly present in the Eucharist. He wanted to make sure that everyone believed that. He spent lots of time praying in front of the Eucharist and teaching people about the Truth, that Jesus is with us in the Eucharist. He started an order of priests called the Priest of the Blessed Sacrament and also started an order of sisters called the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament. This group of sisters spent all of their time praying in front of Jesus present in the Eucharist. Fr. Eymard also wrote many books about the Eucharist and these books still help people today learn more about Jesus truly being with us.