Wow, did I ever know that Anne was the Mother of Mary? I guess, being a convert and not being instructed in the Baltimore Catechism would account for that. In the Baptist Church we read the bible a lot, and we heard the story of
Jesus's genealogy, but never heard of Mary until the Gospels and the Annunciation. Didn't hear much about her after the resurrection either.......wonder where Mary went/what she did after she lost her son.
St. Anne is the mother of the Virgin Mary and the grandmother of Jesus. Mary's parents are not named in the Bible, but a very ancient tradition gives their names as Anne and Joachim. St. Anne first appeared in Christian writings around the year 150 AD, when her cult first took root in the Middle East. Devotion to St. Anne developed in the West after the 8th century and was very popular in France at the time of the settlement of Quebec. (http://www.sacred-destinations.com/
canada/
sainte-
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beaupre)
Well today we went to the shrine of St. Anne De
Beaupre. It was beautiful. We sang and had a tour of the Basilica. I would love to return to this shrine.
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