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Devotion to Saint Anne
Novena Prayers
Prayers to Good Saint Anne
Documents:
The Cult of Saint Anne
Father Lachance, former Director of Saint Anne Shrine explains how devotion to Saint Anne developed in the Church and how it has grown here at Saint Anne Shrine in Fall River.
Sermon by Saint John Damascene
Read a sermon about Saints Joachim and Anne written by Saint John of Damascus in the eighth century.
Novena: Popular Devotions in Christian Piety
Father Lachance, former Director of Saint Anne Shrine, preached the novena in 1994 on popular devotions, which includes the origin of many of the traditions associated with devotion to Saint Anne in Fall River.
Good Saint Anne is patron against poverty; barren; broommakers; cabinetmakers; carpenters; childless couples; equestrians; grandmothers; grandparents; homemakers; housewives; lace makers; lace workers; lost articles; miners; mothers; old-clothes dealers; poverty; pregnancy; pregnant women; horse riders; seamstresses; stablemen; sterility; turners; women in labor; Brittany; Canada; France; Quebec; archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan; diocese of Norwich, Connecticut; Santa Ana Indian Pueblo; Taos, New Mexico.
Her symbols are a Book, symbol of her careful instruction of Mary; flowering rod; crown; nest of young birds; door; Golden Gate of Jerusalem; book; infant Virgin in crib; Shield has silver border masoned in black, with silver lily on a blue field referring to the girlhood of the Virgin.
She is often portrayed as Woman holding Mary or Jesus in her arms or lap; Woman at her betrothal to Joachim; Mother teaching Mary to read the Bible; Woman greeting Saint Joachim at Golden Gate; woman with a book in her hand.
Links
Shrine of Saint Anne de Beaupre in Canada
Relics of Saint Anne
Litany of Good Saint Anne
Name Day: Anne
Saint Anne in the Catholic Encyclopedia
Patron Saints Index
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