N\u00e9 \u00e0 Lyon (France) en 1826, Antoine Chevrier \u00e9tait issu d\u2019une famille de condition modeste. Il entra au s\u00e9minaire Saint-Ir\u00e9n\u00e9e et fut ordonn\u00e9 pr\u00eatre pour le dioc\u00e8se de Lyon en 1850. Envoy\u00e9 ensuite comme vicaire \u00e0 la paroisse Saint-Andr\u00e9 de la Guilloti\u00e8re, dans un quartier pauvre et ouvrier de Lyon, il y d\u00e9couvrit la pauvret\u00e9 sous toutes ses formes. Il en restera marqu\u00e9 pour toujours.<\/p>\n
Durant la nuit de No\u00ebl 1856, alors qu\u2019il priait devant la cr\u00e8che, il se sentit appel\u00e9 \u00e0 suivre J\u00e9sus le plus fid\u00e8lement possible dans son amour des hommes, par la pauvret\u00e9, l\u2019humilit\u00e9 et le renoncement. Il d\u00e9cida alors de tout quitter et de vivre dans la plus grande pauvret\u00e9 possible. Il ressentit le besoin d\u2019\u00eatre confort\u00e9 dans cette vocation particuli\u00e8re. En janvier 1857, il consulta saint Jean-Marie Vianney (1786-1859) au sujet de sa mission. Le Cur\u00e9 d\u2019Ars l\u2019encouragea vivement.<\/p>\n
En 1857, il rejoignit C. Rambaud, qui venait de fonder une cit\u00e9 ouvri\u00e8re destin\u00e9e \u00e0 accueillir les victimes des inondations catastrophiques de 1856. Le p\u00e8re Chevrier se consacra alors \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9ducation religieuse des enfants et des jeunes de cette cit\u00e9.<\/p>\n
En 1859, il devint membre prof\u00e8s du Tiers-Ordre de Saint-Fran\u00e7ois.<\/p>\n
En 1860, il acheta une immense salle de bal, appel\u00e9e \u00ab\u00a0le Prado\u00a0\u00bb, \u00e0 La Guilloti\u00e8re, dans laquelle il am\u00e9nagea d\u00e9j\u00e0 une chapelle. Il y accueillit de jeunes adolescents pauvres du quartier pour les instruire et, surtout, leur faire le cat\u00e9chisme\u00a0; ainsi naquit l\u2019\u0153uvre du Prado. Pour lui, \u00ab\u00a0\u00e9vang\u00e9liser les pauvres \u00e9tait la grande mission de J\u00e9sus-Christ sur la terre\u00a0\u00bb. Comme il refusait de laisser les enfants travailler, ce furent principalement des personnes pauvres qui l\u2019aid\u00e8rent \u00e0 faire fonctionner cette institution\u00a0; des ouvriers de la Croix-Rousse, \u00e0 Lyon, mettaient chaque semaine un peu d\u2019argent de c\u00f4t\u00e9 pour les enfants du p\u00e8re Chevrier.<\/p>\n
En 1866, il fonda au Prado une \u00ab\u00a0\u00e9cole cl\u00e9ricale\u00a0\u00bb destin\u00e9e \u00e0 former des pr\u00eatres qui \u00ab\u00a0comprennent et connaissent les pauvres\u00a0\u00bb. C\u2019est ainsi que naquit l\u2019Association des Pr\u00eatres du Prado qui, apr\u00e8s sa mort, connut un grand d\u00e9veloppement. Peu avant sa mort, il \u00e9crivit pour eux \u00ab\u00a0Le v\u00e9ritable disciple ou le pr\u00eatre selon l\u2019\u00c9vangile\u00a0\u00bb, dans lequel il rassemble ses r\u00e9flexions sur le sacerdoce et la formation des pr\u00eatres. \u00ab\u00a0Le pr\u00eatre est un homme d\u00e9pouill\u00e9, le pr\u00eatre est un homme crucifi\u00e9, le pr\u00eatre est un homme mang\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb, \u00e9crit-il.<\/p>\n
Il mourut d\u2019\u00e9puisement et de maladie le 2 octobre 1879. Des milliers de pauvres et d\u2019ouvriers de La Guilloti\u00e8re l\u2019accompagn\u00e8rent jusqu\u2019\u00e0 sa derni\u00e8re demeure. Il fut b\u00e9atifi\u00e9 par le pape Jean-Paul II en 1986, \u00e0 Lyon.<\/p>\n
La f\u00eate du bienheureux Antoine Chevrier est c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 le 2 octobre.<\/p>\n
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Sources\u00a0:<\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/anastpaul.com\/2018\/10\/02\/saint-of-the-day-2-october-blessed-antoine-chevrier-t-o-s-f-1825-1879\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.arsnet.org\/en\/ars-great-witnesses\/father-antoine-chevrier\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" N\u00e9 \u00e0 Lyon (France) en 1826, Antoine Chevrier \u00e9tait issu d\u2019une famille de condition modeste. Il entra au s\u00e9minaire Saint-Ir\u00e9n\u00e9e et fut ordonn\u00e9 pr\u00eatre pour le dioc\u00e8se de Lyon en 1850. 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