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A time came whilst Mary was in the tem- ple, and that was very soon after leaving ht parents, when one thought took pos- sessioii of her whole soul. This was the thought of the future Redeemer after whose coming she sighed da}^ and night. She had understood that this Redeemer w^as to be a divine person. Emmanuel^ God amongst men. She had understood about his humiliations, his voluntary suf- ferings, his death, the glory of his se- pulchre and the salvation of men to be obtained by the same. As day after day she saw the priests lay their hands upon the heads of the victims, as she saw the blood of the lambs poured around the al- tar, how ardently she prayed that in place of these imj^erfect sacrifices, God might please soon to send the lamb of God who might take away the sins of the world ! These sentiments Marv did not fail to communicate to Ann, and Ann would unite her prayers to those of her daughter, and supplicate the Redeemer to appear and not clelav. However ardent were tlie prayers of Mary, that God might please to accelerate the sending of the Messiali, it had never I )ffer her ;ime with to hers, the tem- • leaving ook pos- =i was the ler after ad night. Redeemer unannel^ derstood itary suf- if his se- len to be kfter day ids upon saw the d the al- that in es, God lamb of ls of the )t fail to would lughter, appear vers of eelerate .d never 23 entered into her mind that she might be the one chosen to be his mother, for she was the most humble of all creatures, but to us it appears most probable that holy Ann, apart from special inspiration, must have begun to suspect that her daughter was the one privileged Vhgin who was to conceive and bring forth a son who was to be called Emmanuel. Mary, indeed, was of the house of David, she was a child of miracles, a child so holy ! What of the reality ? The Lamb of God w^ho by his voluntary death was to glorify God and to save men, was born of Mary, the daughter of Ann. Ann had often sold from her flocks near the Fr'ohatlca some oi the lambs that were sacrificed in the temple, and Mary brought forth at Bethlehem the Lamb which was immo- lated on Calvary. We remember here a remarkable coincidence. The house of Ann in Jerusalem was only a few feet from the place where our Lord was crowned with thorns and condemned to die. In that neighborhood Abraham had fomid amongst the briers sticking by the horns the ram which he innnolated in- stead of his son Isaac. Our Lord w^as loaded with his cross immediatelv in front of the house of his grand-parent, and it is now the place where Catholic pilgrims begin the Way of the Cross. It was by I ' 24 following that road some 2,000 feet fur- ther, that the Redeemer arrived on the summit of the rock of Calvary and vol- untarily shed his blood for us, very near the place where Abraham had erected the altar for the sacrilice of his son. The most probable opinion concerning St. Ann, is, that Joachim and herself died before the birth of Christ, but Mary was present at their death and closed the eyes of her parents. The tomb of the Blessed Virgin (which we saw during our pilgrimage to the Holy Land), is at the foot of the Mount of Olives, yet at a short distance from the house of Ann, which is within the walls of Jerusalem. The bodies of Ann, Joachim and Joseph were deposited during some time in the same family tomb, but a church having been built over the house where Ann had lived, her sacred body was placed there in a vault. Nineteen hun- dred years have elapsed since the death of St. Ann, but the spot where that house stood, contiguous to the pond named l^robatica, was not forgotten by the Christians. The dwelling of Joachim, Ann and Mary, like that of Nazareth where Joseph and Mary lived, was a structure built above the ground, yet connected with apartments under ground, either dug out of the rock, or made 25 such by the hand of nature. The ex- terior house long ago disappeared, and was replaced by other buildings at differ- ent periods. Churches and Convents stood around that spot consecrated by the birth of Mary, They were visited by pilgrims from far away, and many mir- acles were performed there, and there also mementoes of miraculous cures were hung around the walls, as they are in our days in shrines of Mary and Ann. (See Ste. Anne de Jerusalem, by the Bishop of Algiers). The present church of St. Ann at Je- rusalem, built many hundred years ago., profaned by Mohammedans, and finally given by Turkey to the French Govern- ment, after the Crimean war, was if not rebuilt, at least almost entirely renovated by the said Government of France, and it is now in charge of a religious com- munity of priests founded by Cardinal Lavigerie, Archbishop of Algiers. This church of St. Ami at Jerusalem is yearly visited by thousands of pilgrims, and you are shown in the crypt under it the very spot in which Ann brought forth the Sacred Virgin Mother of God, and also the place where the remains of Ann rested for some time. An altar stands over the place where Mary was born, and we '! '■U, 1 1 26 had the honor and consolation to say mass on this altar, and there, to recommend our children of America to the prayers of the good and great St. Ann and of her Immaculate daughter. We will now bid farewell to the house of Ann in Jerusalem, by saying with St. John Damascene : *' O Mary, daughter of Eve and Mother of God ! Blessed the loins and the w^omb from which thou camest forth ! Blessed the hands which carried thee, blessed the lips which enjoyed thy chastv \isses ! On this day the salvation of the world is commenced, for to-day there is born for us in the house near the Probatica^ the Mother of God, from whom condescend- ed to be born the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world." (St. John Damascene, In Nativitate B. M. V.) 'ilni'i; ■; 1 27 say mass !ommend rayers of d of her now bid rusalem, 3ne : " O 'other of iie womb Blessed issed the ;ses ! On world is born for )tica^ the descend- rod who (St. M. V.) i 1") CHAPTER IV. Church o' St. Ann, near Auray, France. We do not intend to trace the history of the devotion to St. Ann through the whole world, but it is quite important for our purpose to inform our readers of the manner in which it was introduced amongst us. Keranna^ in the language of Britanny (in the west of France), sig nifies the House of Ann. The village which bears that name is situated a few miles from the city of Auray in the de- partment of Morbihan. At the end of the seventh century there was in this vil- lage achapel held in great veneration, as being under the special protection of St. Ann. No one can tell in what precise year it had been erected, though it had been there a very long time before the afore mentioned date. At this time the country was invaded and plundered by robbers. The people fled before them, and when they returned they found that theii' dwellmgs had been destroyed by fire, and with them the venerated chapel of St. Ann. 28 ■r ''' ■ f liii ': f. ' i . ' ■ ■ 5' 'l 1 ' -!^'j !iiti M Mi • 1 1 n I!; 1 I !' The village of Keranna was rebuilt, but for reasons unknown, the chapel was not. Nay, as time went on it seemed to have been greatly forgotten. They might however see here and there scattered over the ground or used in adjacent walls, some stones which had evidently been a part of a sacred edifice. Devotion to St. Ann did not however die in the country, for many churches were erected not far from Keranna under the invocation of St. Ann. There must also have lingered in the memories of the people some con- fused remembrance of the former church of St. Aim. The Bocenno^ was the name of one field in Keranna of which the peo- ple said, that one particular spot in it could never be ploughed up They might work it with a spade, or otherwise, but no animal harnessed to a plough could ever be made to cross it, and whoever attempted was sure to fail and meet with mishap. Hence, when sent to plough in the Bocenno, the young people were al- ways told by their parents, do not plough up the place of the chapel. About the year 1620 the farm of which this field was a part, had been rented by a very good man named Nicolazic (Little Nicolas). Nicolazic had inherited from his ancestors, sincere devotion to St. Ann, attended regularly to all the pre- as rebuilt, chapel was seemed to ^liey might itered over ent walls, fcly been a tion to 8t. e country, )d not far ition of 8t. ngered in some con- ler church ^ the name h the peo- spot in it hey might rwise, but igh could whoever meet with plough in e were al- ot plough of which rented by sic (Little ted from H to St. the pre- m 20 sc^riptions of the church, was beloved and esteemed by Ids neighbors who often took him as umpire in their difficulties which arose between them. The father of Nicolazic had before him lived on this farm, and had (perhaps unknowingly) used in the basement of his barn, some of the stones of the former building of St. Ann. At this time (about 1620), St. Ann did, on several occasions, in several places, some times in the day, some times in the night, appear to Nicolazic. This has been ascertained by many regular in- quests. At times Nicolazic heard a great noise, saw himself surrounded with great light in the midst of which St. Ann ap- peared to him. She appeared in the form of a venerable matron of dazzling beauty dressed in garments white as snow. She made known to him l^liat there had stood once in the Bocenno a chapel dedicated to her name which had been destroyed 984 3^ears before, that is in the year 699 — and that it was her desii'e that the chapel should be constructed anew. On the sixth day of March money was found in the morning on the table of his house of which no one could tell wliere it came from. Finally the saint decLired to Nicolazic that he must go to the Boceinio and that he would find there a statue representing herself, in a spot which i Hii i 30 would be indicated to liiin. This good servant of St. Ann did then on a certain night go to the Bocenno, taking with him four men as witnesses. A Ught appeared and went before them and stopped over a pecuhar spot. Here they dug the ground and really found an image of St. Ann. Some time after this event the barn of Nicolazic, of which we have spoken, which was covered witli straw, was de- stroved bv lire. Its contents, however, Vv'ere not injured, neither were several sheaves of rye which were heaped up close by, in the very direction of the wind. The image of St. Ami soon drew to Keranna a very great crowd of pil- grims, and with the offerings which they brought, a church was erected in which the statue found by Nicolazic was placed. St. Ann of Auray has been ever smce a celebrated pilgrimage, which is yearly visited by thousands of devout people. During the long period of time which elapsed since the finding of the statue and the erection of the church till our times, such has been the number of graces of all kinds obtained through the intercession of St. Ann in this village of Keranna, that the immortal Pontiff Pius IX. permitted it to be crowned, at the re- quest of the Bishop of Vannes to which Diocese St. Ami of zVuray belongs. That :i l«1 This good 1 a certain ig with him it appeared pped over a the ground •f St. Ann. the barn of ve spoken, LW. was de- ^, however, ere several heaped u^) ion of the soon drew )wd of pil- wliich they d in which ^vas placed. er smce a is yearly ut people. ime which the statue ?\i till our lumber of irougli the village of oiiiiff Pius , at the re- s to which ligs. That imposing and very rare ceremony oc- curred on the 80tli of September, 1868, and drew together an immense quantity CI people, many of them from distant iparts, but chiefly from Britanny. A magni- ficent Basilica has now been raised in place of the more modest building begun by I Nicolazic. It may be pleasing to the Cath- olics of our Diocese, to know that their Bishop prayed more than once for them before the venerated image at Keranna, of St. Ann che mother of Mary, the Motlier of Jesus Christ. The last time we were there was in the beginning of February, 1880, on our re- turn from the Holv Land. Permit us to record a pleasant incident of our visit to St. Ann of Auray. We found in this place a community of devoted religious, who have here their novitiate, and we spoke to them of what we knew and had seen of devotion to St. Ann in the Holy Land and in America. After our little address to the good nuns, their novices and tlieir pupils, we were not a little sur- prised to receive from the mother supe- rior an offering of $10.00 towards propa- gating devotion to St. Ann in our Dio- cese. This ofiermg we have placed in the hands of the priest residing at Milton Falls, of which the church is under the patronage of St. Ann. If I ■ 32 CHAPTEK V. Saint Anno of Boanpre below Quebec, named also St. Ann of the North, and La bonne Sainte Anne, '' From France devotion to St. Ann passed into Canada, where her worship is to-day not less extended than in our own native country. Where is the Can- adian who has not been brought up from his childhood with pious souvenirs of the pilgrimage to the good St. An7i, whose sweet appellation bears witness to the signal favors that have been obtained thereby. The origin of this worship goes back to the cradle of the colony. When the first settlement was formed on the coast of Beauprc, the distance at which the colonists found themselves removed from the parish church of Quebec, made them soon desire to have in theri; neigh- borhood a chapel, where they could re- ceive the sacraments and assist at divine service. One of them, Etienne de Les- sart, a worthy man and full of piety, touched by the devotion of the settlers, 3^ lined Ann »rslaip a our i Can- offered in 1658 to M. de Queylus, who at that time exercised the function of par- ish priest in the parish church of Quebec, a piece of land, two acres in width and a league and a half in length, situated up- on his grant at Petit Cap : and placed no other condition to this gift, except that in that same year a chapel be commenced, to be built there and afterward contin- ued. This proposal was accepted on the 8th day of March and on the ensuing 23rd, M. Vignal, who had a particular de- votion to 8t. Ann, was delegated by M. de Queylus to go and bless the site of the church, which was dedicated to St. Ann, in remembrance no doubt of the pilgrimage of St. Anne d'xiuray. It was the governor general of New France, M. d' Aillebout who came him- self to place the first stone of the new church. When this construction was be- gun, a settler from the Beaupre coast, named Louis Guimont, afflicted with pains in the back, went from a motive of devotion and placed three stones in the foundations of the new church, and sud- denly found himself cured. This cure became the occasion of another still more striking. Marie Esther EaiDage, wife of Elie Godin, was seized by an infirmity which kept her quite bowed down for eight months, and obliged her to drag 5 v .^4 horso'f painfully filon^^ with the aid of a slick, without tlic? hoi;e of ever rec()veriii«jf iicr h(allh bv anv human remedy. On the account which her husl)and ^ave her of the cure of (luimont, she began to in- vok(i St. Ann, and at the sanu; instant slic stood perfectly straight, and as free in the us(i of all lier members as she had e\oi' been in her best health. Those cures were followed by many otliers not less remarkable, eliected instantaneously in the new church, and became the happy occasion, which conlirmed the devotion to St. Ann, and rendered celebrated threugh all Canada this place of pilgrimage. Peo- ple hastened thither from all sides, and the concourse was so great during the 17th century, that on the feast-day there were seen assembled there from a tlious and to twelve hundred communicants, without speaking of a very great nuniber of pi'grims, who, during the rest of the year, came thither from all parts. Those cures were accompanied by circumstances so striking, that, in l(i68, only ten years after the foundation of the church, M. Thomas Morel, wdio was its parish priest wrote his collect'um. of the Miracles of /St. Ann, which Dr. de Laval, having become tirst bishop of Quebec, subse- quently examined and declared conform- able to the truth. This prelate added of a bring Oil i) her to iii- LKtaiit free e luid riioHe rs not ?»ously happy ion to ireugh Peo- is, and ig the there thous ieants, umber lof the Those tances 1 years cii, M. priest iracles having subse- nform- added 35 to his judgment these remarkable words : ''We (MuifesH that nothing has aided us more efficaciously in supporting the weight of the pastoral charge of this infant church than the devotion which all the settlers of this country have for St. Ann, a devotion which we can affirm with certainty, dis- tinguishes them from every other people." The first chapel of St. Anne of Beau- prc had been constructed nearer to the river than the church actual] v existinof. The few inches of earth which covered the rock, having been carried away by the water and by the ice, it became neces- sBry to think of building a church in a place less exposed to the inundations. Such is the origin of the church, which was begun in 1676, by M. Fillon, then parish priest of St. Ann's.* Since then this sanctuary has not ceased to be visited by numerous pilgrims ; and the ex votos, which are suspended from its walls, bear witness, that the protection of the good St. x4.nn has not been less efficacious in Canada than on the coasts of iirmorica. The old missionaries inspired the Indians with a special devotion to St. Ann. For more than a century the Chris- tiau natives were in tlie habit of coming each year to St. Anne of Beaupre ; they * The Churcli described here was taken down replaced by a new one. and ^wfT^- 36 came in great numbers fi'om all parts of Canada in order to assist at the feast of the patroness of the place. Then could be seen long files of native canoes, some going up, others descending the river, and converging towards the St. Ann side, where the Indians raised, as if by magic, a whole village of cabins to shelter the numerous pilgrims. In our own days devotion to St. Ann, far from falling back, only increases : other pilgrimages have been established in different parts of the country, at St. Anne de la Pocatiere, at St. Gervais, at St. Mary de la Beaiice, at Ristigouche, &c., &c. But it is, above all, towards the good St. Ann of the North that the crowd of Pilgrims is directed. From all dh'ections people come to implore the powerful protectress. Each year, at the time of the feast, a steamer leaves Quebec, in order to convey a numerous popula- tion, anxious to render their homage to the great saint and to implore her inter- cession. But let us hear one of these pious pilgrims sjDeak : '' Isaw unfold before me all that passed in this spot since tlie time of our ances- tors. How^ touching it is to see in this church, situated so peacefully in the shade of that fair coast of Beaupre, those pictures, those sticks, those crutches. 37 kvA all those other objects left there by pilgrims from all parts of the country, and suspended from the walls, columns and cornices of the house of prayer ! " How many pains of the body, how much suffering* of the mind, how much anguish of heart has come to find in this spot a cure or consolations. What re- membrance of the evils of earth, and what sweet thoughts of heaven are not evoked by the aspect of this modest sanctuary ! Does it not seem to you that you see de- file before you the long procession of those, who, for two centuries past, have crossed the threshold of this abode of the good St. Ann ? They have come on foot, l3y carriage, by canoe, by land and by water, through the snow, for ten, twenty, a hundred, two hundred leagues. See that poor mother who presses her sickly infant to her breast ! See this daughter who conducts by the hand her sightless mother ! The father who sustains his infirm child ! The son who carries in his arms his palsied father ! See this wife who comes to request the return of her absent husband ! The husband who begs the recovery of a wife long since ill ! See the penitent who advances with naked feet ! Another who comes, likewise, to thank God for a signal favor, obtained through the intercession of the patroness 1 i ■dt-mmmuaiatBam D! 38 of the afflicted. This person asks peace for his home ; that other the end of the errors of a being, in spite of all, tenderly- loved. See this traveller who has escaped from an imminent danger, that sailor saved from shipwreck, the soldier who re- turns from tlie combat ! Do vou not I. seem to remark upon their l)ronzed features and upon their disordered dress, the traces of the storm, of the brine, and of the powder of the Held. They come from all directions : some supported or carried by beloved bands : others alone helping themselves along with their wooden legs ; others, at length, bent be neath the weight of the sorrows, which they bear. Some ask, beg ; others give thanks ; some are sad but resigned ; others are joyous, but with a calm and re collected joy. They pass unceasingly; their number is immense ; but this as- semblage of so many sorrows has no clamourous lamentations ; and this con- course of so manv iovs has no noisy out- bursts. They are there by thousands, but they would be there by millions, and the peace of this retreat would not be troubled ; for the only sounds heard in the silence of tlie place, are the singing of pious (canticles and the gentle mur- mur of prayer. But who arc they, who contrast with the others bv their features 39 and costumes ? Those are the first chil- dren of the {^oil, the members of the Indian tribes converted to the faith. See you in the midst of them those two noble aged persons ? They are the Chief of the Mic- macs and his wife. They have come alone in their canoe of bark, notwithstand- ng the distance. They are old, and yet they have set out without providing them- selves with provisions. From Ristigouche here they have asked their food as alms from place to place. They have fasted each day during this long journey, and prayed continually. Do you know what they come to ask from St. Ann ? They come to pray her to allow them to estab- lish a pilgrimage to the good St. Ann, and to kindly aid their tribe in the exe- cution of this project by the assistance of her intercession. " They tell that the Micmacs come, in- deed, from time to time to the good St. Ann of the North, but that all cannot come ; they live *so far away, so far away ; the}^ would all, however, wish to invoke their good patroness in a church bearing her name. They themselves have come this time to beg, and in the name of the entire nation, this favor. " St. Arm has heard the Micmacs, as she has heard so many others. For the rest, if she does not always obtain all that we * 40 ask, becausv3 we do not at all times ask that which is best for us, she at least never fails to console. " Blessed are they who believe. Casgkain." -►♦^ % CHAPTEK YI. Devotion to St. Aim in the Diocese of Burlington. It will be interesting to the Catholics of the Diocese of Burlington, to know that the first settlement of w^hite people in Vermont, was started under the auspices of St. Ann. (See Vermont Ga- zeteer, art. Isle La Motte). In the year 1665, a fort was erected on the north- west side of Isle La Motte, by Captain de la Motte, to which he gave the name of fort /Ste. AriJie. This fort was im- portant at that time when the terrible Iroquois of the south were continually going down lake Champlain, making in- cursions against the weak colonies of Montreal and Quebec. In 1666 there was in this fort a garrison of sixty sol- 11 of 41 diers, forty of whom were sick of the scurvy. Two of them had akeady died without the sacraments of the church, when a courageous priest named Dolier de Casson of Montreal, came to stay amongst them, and succeeded in restor- ing many of them to health by sending in sleighs to Montreal, those who could stand the voyage, and procuring to those in the fort a sufficient quantity of salu- brious food of which they had been de- prived. It is, therefore, certain that mass was at that early date said regularly at fort St. Ann's in Isle La Motte, that the country was placed under her protection, that the name of St. Ann was invoked in our State by the friends of those who started the church of Beaupre, and that upwards of two hundred years ago there were here some devout Catholics who were cheered up on their death-bed ^y the remembrance of her |who was the mother of Mary, the grand-parent of our Lord Jesus Christ whom all Catholics love to invoke as the good jSt Ann. It is a long time since Fort St. Ann has been destroyed, so that many per- haps in our own State, know nothing about its history ; to us, however, it is a pleasant recollection to know that devo- tion to St. Ann was inaugurated so many 6 42 years ago in our Diocese. God grant us grace to see it spread amongst us ! On June the 5tii, 1859, the corner stone of a small church to be erected to the honor of God, under the name of 8t. Ann, was blest and laid down in the foundation at Milton Falls in this State. The church itself was blessed on the 12th of September, 1866. From this it ap- pears that St. Ann was not forgotten by the Catholics of Vermont, since a build- ing in her honor was connnenced some five years only after the erection of the Diocese of Burlington. We do not know that God has been pleased to grant any extraordinary favor to those who have invoked his goodness in this church of Milton through the intercession of St. Ann. We record, however, with no little satisfaction, that the feast of St. Ann has always been celebrated in Milton Falls with due solenmitv and sincere devotion, many of our priests and of the people coming thither on that day (July 26th), to implore her protection ; and if God will please spare us until that day this year, 1882, we intend to be present there and to consecrate ourselve and the Dio- cese in the church of Milton to St. Aim, the holy mother of her who is the Im- maculate Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ. We will also on the same occa- D US rner d to I St. the itate. 12tli b ap- m bv )uilcl- sonie f the know t any have ch of bf St. Uttle m has Falls otioii, )eople 26th), [ God ly this ■j there e Dio- }. Aim, le Im- Jesus le occa- 43 sion, present to the church of St. Ann, at Milton Falls a reliquary containing a stone which we brought from the very house of St. Ann in Jerusalem. Since we began to write this little no- tice we were happy to discover that de- votion towards St. Ann has been propa- gated in Swanton Falls, where our school building is named St. Ann's School, and where her statue or image may be seen in ail the class rooms. The facts which we have just men- tioned demonstrate that devotion to St. Ann has existed in our Diocese since the time that the State began to be settled. It is, however, only a few weeks ago that we became aware of the extent and depth of this devotion amongst our dear peo- ple. The number of those who went in pilgrimage to St. Ann of Beaupre, on June the 20th of this year (1882) ; the ex- traordinary fervor of the same pilgrims ; theii* gratitude to God after their return ; the interest taken by the Catholic com- munity in the same pilgrimage ; the reso- lution expressed by the pilgrims, to go back to Beaupie, or to send thither some friends with the next pilgrimage, and especially the spiritual advantages de- rived from it, show forth that the devo- tion exists, that it is pleasing to God. We should, therefore, hold ourselves B 44 ready to promote it to the best of our power. ♦♦*■ CHAPTER VII. No vena and Prayers to St. Ann. (As the feast of St. Ann occurs on July 26th, the following Novena may be be- gun July 18th.) A Noveaa to St. Ann is an excellent method of obtaining, through her inter- cession both temporal and spiritual graces, particularly that of advancing in the practice of Christian virtue. The following exercises may be used during this Novena. 1st. A meditation every morning on the virtues of St. Ann. 2nd. Through the day to make frequent aspirations to St. Ann and Mary Immac- ulate ; the Immaculate Conception of Mai'y redounds to the honor of her holy mother ; and nothing is more agreeable to St. Ann than our honoring that privi- lege of her august daughter's. 3rd. To practice interior mortification ; for exam- ple, to abstain from seeing or hearing through curiosity only, to live retired, to our 45 keep silence, to support the contradictions of life with patience ; also it would be well to practice some exterior mortifica tion. 4th. To try and correct faults of disposition. 5th. The best of all is Holy Communion, which should be re- ceived as frequently as is permitted by the spiritual director. 1 July )e be- pellent inter- yraces, a the e used itation t. Ann. equent !mmac- ion of er holy reeable .t privi- :d. To r exam- hearing iired, to />■ 7 46 ES: El INCISES. FIRST DAY. Dignity and Morit of HU Ann. Int. She is the mother of the Mother of God. 2nd. Testimony of St. John D.vmascene. 3rd. Graces that her holy Dangliter drew down on her. 1st. The Holy Ghost in pronouncing the praise of the Holy Virgin, only makes use of these words : Maria de (jua natus est Jesns qui vacatur Christiis; Mary, from whom was born Jesus who was called Christ. Thus the greatest honor we can pay to St. Ann, is to say that of her was born the Immaculate Vii'gin Mary the Mother of God. This august quality includes all others, and is, in itself, the highest praise. 2nd. ''If the tree is known by its fruit, what a high idea," exclaims St. John Damascene, "must we not conceive of the innocence and sublime virtue of the bless- 47 ed Joachim and Anna ! O blessed couple, Joachim and Anna, the fruit ^^'hich you brought forth makes us know how spot- less your life was." 3d. To the treasures of grace and vir- tue with which St. Ann was already en- riched, let us add those which the Blessed Virgin must have brought her at the in- stant of her Immaculate Conception, and those she di'ew down during the nine months she passed in her mother's womb. If, at the moment St. John was sanctified in his mother's womb, the son's holiness acted so powerfully on St. Elizabeth, it is easy to understand what treasures of be nedictions and what abundance of graces the Blessed Virgin must have procured for St Ann at the moment of her Immacu- late Conception. How supernaturally, too, must that mother's spirit have been en- lightened ! O great Saint, we rejoice, with St. John Damascene, at the marvels which the Lord worked in thee : " Happy indeed art thou, and happy is the fruit of thy womb !" Practice. — Recite nine " Hail Marys" in honor of the time the Blessed Virgin dwelt in her mother's womb. See other prayers at the end of the book. w 48 SECOND DAY. Devotion to Ht. Ami. ^'i| We ought to love and honor St. Ann, 1st. On account of her sublime dignity and power. 2d. Because this devotion is very pleasing to the Blessed Virgin. 3d. Because it is a source of graces to ourselves. 1. All the Saints merit our homage, respect, love and confidence ; but among all the Saints who after the Queen of Heaven and her holy spouse, better mer- its these than St. Ann ! What a high place must she not occupy in Heaven ! What influence must she not have with .the son of her holy daughter, with the Father of Mercies, who wrought such great things in her t Happy the faithful who have such a protectress in Heaven ! 2. Honoring St. Ann is one of the best ways of pleasing the Blessed Virgin, who takes singular pleasure in seeing her children pay honor and respect to that mother, to whom, ''after God, she owes every thing," as is said in a revelation 49 made by lier to one of her faithful ser vants. She hernelf, says a pious author, is continually offerin^j^ thiuiks^ivin*^' to God for having" given her so holy and per- fect a mother. 3. God hhnself, who so highly honored St. Ann, by raising her to the dignity of mother to His only Son's mother, loves to see Christians offering a tribute of love and respect to her. He shows it by granting all that is asked through her in tercession. How many sick have found health at the feet of St. Ann ! How many afflicted have there found consolation ! How many sinners owe their return to God to her pleading ! Happy the souls who have a true devotion to this great Saint! Many hav^ Jicknowledged that, since they have eiiteted into associations in her honor, the most wonderful change has taken place m them. Practice. — Frequently invoke St. Ann, especially in the time of trouble and temptation. Honor her especially on Tuesdays, the day held in remembrance as that of her birth and her death, if possible in this intention, hear mass and receive holy communion. Prayers as on the first day. .ii\ 50 THIKD DAY. St. Ann's Spirit of Prayer and Recollection, !i-':ill 1st. In her infancy ; 2ndly, when she became St. Joachim's wife ; 3rdly, from the conception of the Blessed Virgin un- til her own death. 1. From her earliest childliood, St. Ann shewed an extraordinary amount of wisdom, modesty and piety ; retirement and prayer had marvellous attractions for her. Even those innocent amusements which were natural to her age and posi- tion never appeared to please her. So great was her recollectedness, that it in- spired devotion in all ^v^ho saw her. This example condemns those light and incon- siderate persons w^ho only take pleasure in the frivolous amusements of the world. 2. The virtues which had distinguished St. Ann when she was a child, shone with still brighter lustre when she became the spouse of the most holy man who then lived. These two holy spouses were per- fect models of domestic life. Joachim on the mountain, says St. Epiphanus, 51 and Ann retired in her own house, were continually offering themselves to the Lord in the fervor of prayer. St. Ann passed five or six hours a day in reading the Holy Scriptures, and she consecrated a part of the night to praj^er. 3. From the time that she had the hap piness of carrying in her chaste womb her Immaculate Daughter, the life of St. Ann was passed in continual contempla- tion, and her conversation was entirely in heaven. The years of her widowhood were passed in constant prayer, until, consumed with divine love, she fell asleep in the Lord, according to the language of the church in the office for the daj of her feast. Practice. — Enter some confraternity established in her honor. Propagate de- votion to St. Ann. Prayers as on the first day. I 52 FOURTH DAY. Her Confidence In (iod. 1st. St. Ann strengthened herself in this virtue from her earliest years ; 2ndly, she remained full of confidence in the midst of the greatest trials ; 3rdly, how God rewarded her confidence. 1. Confidence in God is, according to the language of Scripture, the measure of those graces which the Lord vouch- safes to US. " Let thy mercv, Oh Lord," says King David, ''be upon us as we have hoped in Thee." St. Bernard compares itr to a vase dipped in an overflowing fountain : the larger the vase, the greater the amount of water that is carried away in it. In the same wa}^ the greater the confidence with which we present our selves before the Lord, the greater and more abundant are the graces we obtain. Constantly meditating the Holy Scrip- tures. St. Ann early understood the nece^ sity and excellence of this virtue. By constant efforts, she arrived at such a high state of perfection in the practice of this virtue that she drew down the most extraordinary graces on her soul. 53 2. To render this virtue still more pure, God sent many severe trials to St. Ann. For more than twenty years was she married without having any children. This bar- renness was a reproach among the Jews. St. Ann frequently found herself reviled for this and even publicly ; but these humiliations only served to render more complete her self-abandonment to the will of God. So great was her confid- ence, says St. Peter Chrisologus, that it worked miracles. 3. Whilst fervently praying in the temple, one i y, the ignominy of her state moved her to tears ; she then re- membered that Ann, tht mother of Samuel, finding herself in similar circum- stances, had prayed with such confidence and ardor, that her prayers had been heard. Animated by the same spirit, St. Ann ardently besought the Lord to vouchsafe to cast a favorable eye on His handmaid, promising, that if she became a mother, she would consecrate her child to Him by devotmg it to the service of the temple. A few days afterwards it was revealed to her that her prayer was granted. Promise to imitate the con- fidence of St. Ann. Eemain quietly in God's hands in the time of trial, and never lose courage. Prayer as on the first day. 54 FIFTH DAY. Chastity of St. Ann, We know ttiis ; 1st. By a revelation to St. Bridget. 2nd. By means of rea- son aided by faith. 3rd. By the testi- mony of the Saints. 1. St. Vincent Ferrier says, "We can- not doubt the chastity of those holy spouses Joachim and Ann.^' It was re- vealed one day to St. Bridget, by the Blessed Virgin, that her holy parents had practiced that lovely virtue to a sublime degree, and that they would have pre- ferred death to transgressing it. She add- ed that they had only embraced the mar- riage state because they were ordered to do so by Heaven. 2. The holy Fathers say that it was only chastity which could have rendered Joachim and Ann worthy of becoming the parents of the Virgin of virgins. The Hower of vkginity, the Immaculate Mary, could indeed have only sprung from the holiest marriage in the world. The Holy Ghost could not have formed the mys- 55 tic temple of the august Trinity in other than a chaste womb ; for it is in those that cherish this virtue that he takes de- hght, says St. Epiphanus. 3, St. John Damascene in the con- gratulations which he offers to St. Joa- chim and St. Ann says : ''O blessed couple, Joachim and Ann, we must judge of youi purity by the immaculate fruit which you gave to the world ! Whilst leading a chaste and holy life you gave to the world the treasure of virginity !" Practice. — Have a special affection for the beautiful virtue of chastity. By that virtue it w^as that St. Ann merited the signal favor of becoming the mother of the Immaculate Virgin. Keep your heart disengaged from all love of creatures which may prevent its being entirely giv- en up to God. Prayers as on the first day. 56 S^Xf H DAY. St. Ann's Love for Ood. 1st, It was manifested from her earliest youth ; 2ndly, it became perfect through trial ; Srdly, it was ever increasing. 1. Possessing these high graces which make the greatest saints, St. Aim began to love God from her earliest years. She only thought to please and glorify Him in all things. In order the better to know His will, she took care to observe silence and interior recollection, carefully watching over her thoughts and affec- tions, in order tl^it nothing human might take that place m her heart, which she wished to reserve for Divine Love alone. 2. God allows his most faithful serv- ants to be exposed to the severest trials^ in order to render their love more pure and ardent. These trials were not want ing to St. Joachim and St. Ann. The two holy spouses often had to endure scorn and this even publicly. Insults of whatever kind only served to detach them more and more from the world, and 57 to fix their hearts more and more on God. They received these trials from the hands of the Lord with perfect submis- sion to His holy will. 3. St. Ann's love, already so pure and strong, increased continually during the nine i^onths that she had the happi- ness of bearing the Immaculate Mary in her womb. From that time her heart was a very furnace of love, and her life was passed in perpetual contemplation, till she fell asleep in the Lord. Practice. — Keep alive in your heart great desire to love the Lord more and more. The principal marks of the love of God are, avoiding all voluntary sins and patience under trial. Prayers as on the first day. ^^^Wk^ 8 .t> t, 5« SEVENTH DAY. St. AnnN Charity towards her Neighbor. Ist, It was this charity that made her nigh after the coming of the promised Messiah ; 2ndiy, she showed it by pro- curing her neighbors' spiritual welfare ; 3rdly, and in solacing their bodily afflic- tions. 1. One of the best known virtues of St. Ann was her charity towards her neighbors. It was her desire to contri- bute towards the salvation of men that made her sigh, night and day, after the coming of the promised Messiah who had been aimounced by the iDrophets. Joa- chim on the mountain, said St. Epiphan us, and St. Ann in the retirement of her house, were incessantly offering prayers for the acceleration of the redemption of Israel. 2. Everything in her house and in her conduct was so well regulated, that every- thing she did was a cause of edification to others. It was her custom to remain retired, constantly occupied, either in reading the Holy Scriptures, or in the 59 work of her hands. She kept silence from fear of her communings with God being troubled by useless conversation. Whenever she appeared in public, she edified all who beheld her. Her reserve, her modesty, her words, her looks, all inspired not only respect, but even the love of virtue. Even her appearance in spired devotion in all who saw her. 3. Her charity with regard to the bod ily necessities of her neighbor was equal- ly admu'able. It was the power of re lievmg the poor that consoled her in her barrenness. St. Jerome tells us that Joachim and Ann divided their revenues into three parts : one was destined to the support of the ministers of the te*n pie, another to the relief of travellers and poor, and only the third was reserved for the wants of the household. Her great charity made her look upon the poor as her own children ; and they alw ays found a mother in her and shared her worldly goods. Practice. — The work of charity that is most agreeable to God, is that of working for the salvation of souls. Do your ut- most, according to your position in life, by word and deed, by seasonable advice, etc. Love the poor, and contribute to the embellishment of churches. Prayers as on the first day. m ■fi t-' 60 EIGHTH DAY. St. Ann's (ienfrosity in the SerTlcc of God. This virtue shines conspicuously in St. Ann. 1st. In the mortifications that she practised. 2nd. In the manner in which she sup- ported the death of her mother. 3rd. In the sacrifice she made of her daughter. 1. When God (;alls any one to a high degree of virtue, or wishes to confide to them some extraordinarv mission, He endows them with a courageous soul, and makes them capable of great sacrifices ; and these were precisely the characteris- tics of St. Joachim and St. Ann. By their heroic actions they equalled the greatest patriarchs and prophets. St. Germain of Constantinople says, that, like Moses and Elias, they fasted entirely for forty days. St. Gregory of Nyssa and St. Andrew of Candia add that their fasts were accom- panied by perpetual tears. 2. St. Ann's great generosity appeared with great lustre on the death of her mo- 6i ther Emerentiana, whom she tenderly loved, and on that of her holy spouse Joachim. These losses were indeed great trials to her good and feeling heart, but, remembering the words of Ecclesiastes : " We ought not to abandon ourselves to grief on the death of those dear to us," she resigned herself to the will of God. Following the example of the holy man Job, who did not murmur at the reproac hes with which his friends assailed him on ac- count of his great patience, Ann never al- lowed a word of complaint to escape her, no matter what insult w^as offered to her. 3. The circumstance which the most fully reveals St. Ann's greatness of soul, is the sacrifice she made of her admirable daughter when only three years of age. She had promised to consecrate the child, that God should send her, to His service in the temiAe. The time being arrived for the fulfilment of her promise, she her- self took her dear child and leading it to the temple, there consecrated it to God. How this example puts us to shame when we draw back from the slightest priva tions ! Practice. — Impose on yourself daily some mortification in honor to St. Ann. The best are those which come from the hands of God, such as contradictions, sickness, &c. Prayers as on the first day. ^1 .!li^ 62 NINTH DAY. St. Ann is the model, 1st of wives; 2nd, of molliers 5 3rd, of widows. { 1. It might almost be said that the Holy Ghost drew a portrait of St. Ann when it drew the one of the wise woman. One thing certain is, that in whatever state of life we consider her, her life is a perfect model for those who are in the same state. As she was the model for daughters, so she was the model for wives. She only consented to become the wife of Joachim after having, by fervent pray- er, obtained the grace of knowing what was really the will of God. Never was there a happier marriage, for both had the same inclination to good, the same virtue, the same innocence. What an ad mh'able union ! St. Ann was, in ever}- thing, submissive to St. Joachim, and he always anticipated what would be agree- able to Ann. Perfect order reigned in their household. 2. From the time that it pleased the Lord to give her a child, St. Ann became the model of mothers. Hardly had her 63 lioly daughter entered the world, than she offered her to the Holy Trinity. She looked on her as a precious deposit that had been confided to her, and of which she would have to give an account. Therefore what care did she not take to bring her up and teach her ! She her- self taught her child to pray, to read the Holy Scriptures and to work with hor hands ; more than all, she taught her by means of a good example. J3y going her- self to offer her holy daughter in the tern- pie she teaches mothers to make the sac rilice of theii* children when the Lord asks it. 3. Joachim did not long survive the consecration they had made to God of their daughter. We are told that he died shortlv after in the arms of St. Ann and Mary. Our saint passed the years of her widowhood in still greater retirement anJ fervor. Her life was one continual pray- er, an example worthy of being followed by all who find themselves in similar po- sition. Practice. — Consecrate your children to St. Ann, and beg of her to be a mother to them. Have a tender devotion tow- ards her and implore her protection for all who are dear to you. Prayers as on first day. I'l m. 64 INVOCATIONS TO ST. ANN. St. Ann. St. Ann, mother of the Virgin Mary. St. Ann, spouse of Joachim. St. Ann, comfort of married persons. St. Ann, mother of widows. St. Ann, guide of Vh'gins. St. Ann, harbor of the mariners. St. Ann, way of the travellers. St. Aim, health of the sick. St. Ann, light of the blind. St. Ann, tongue of the dumb. St. Ann, ear of the deaf. j St. Ann, help of all who call ujDon thee, j V. God loved St. Ann. R. And was enamoured with the beau tv of her vh'tues. Let us Pray. h^ ' 6 Ommipotent,etei'nal God, who vouch safest to choose holv Aim for mother of her who brouo-ht forth thv only begot- ten son, mercif ullv grant that we who de- voutly commemorate her name may, by her prayers and merits, obtain life everlasting; thou who livest and reignest one God, world without end. R. Amen. t t( 65 Prayer to Recommend some Temporal Alt'air to the Care of St. Aim. O Glorious St. Ann, full of goodiiens for those who invoke thee, full of compassion for those who suffer, overwhelmed with anxiety and trouble, I throw myself at thy feet, humbly begging of thee to take under thy direction the affair that is now occasioning me so much anxiety. To thee I recommend it, to thee, I pray to lay it at the feet of thy daughter, and our mother, the Most Holy Virgin, that she may obtain for me, from the Divine Maj- esty of Jesus Christ, that success which I desire. Do thou intercede I pray thee, until my request be granted. Above all. Oh glorious saint, obtain for me one day to see my God face to face, that I may praise, bless and love Him with thee, with Mary and with all the elect. Amen. Prayer of a Mother to St. Ann. O mother of the Holy Virgin, I place myself at thy feet with all those who are dear to me. Pray obtain for me from the goodness of God all graces necessary to accomplish the office he has entrusted me with. To thee I consecrate niv faniilv; watch over all my children, open theii- 9 a 66 souls to the teachings of Jesus Christ, preserve them from everytliing which might tarnish their innocence, so that later in life they may always firmly stand by the truth ! Holy, compassionate Ann, do thou bless us, listen to our prayers, so that being members of thy family in this land of exile, we nmy with it rejoice triumphant in the glory of heaven ! Amen. Consecration to 8t. Ann. O, good St. Ann, mother of our sweet mother, Mary, I choose thee for my pat- roness, I place under thy protection all those that are dear to me. Be thou a mother to me and to them during all the days of our life, but especially at the mo- ment of death. Amen. ] ( J J 3sr 67 i^ss OF THE PILGRIM TO SAINT AM'S BELOW mUL June 20th, 1882. •♦• J^ast Rutlajid. — Rev. J. M. Gel jt. Middlehury. — Bridget O'Brien, Eliz. O'Leary. Burlhigton — Cathedral. — Right Rev. L. de Goesbriand, Mrs. Thornliill, Mrs. Quinn, Miss Cammings, Miss Ward, Mistress Cousin, Mr. Cousin, Mrs. Do Ian, Miss Dolan, Mrs. Cosgrove, Miss Cos- grove. St. JosepKs. — Dlle. Marguerite Free- man, Dme. J. Bapt. Bordua, Dme. Veuve Gauthier, Miss Eliz. Eagan, Miss Ann Welch, Miss Ann Riley, Dme. Jean Marie Hebert, Dme. Joseph Lafont, Antoine Prunier, Dme. Antoine Prunier, William Francis, Pierre Vincent, Dlle. Adeli Vin- cent, Dlle. Adele Duhamel, Louis Bergor, Edmond Croto, Dlle. Desmarrais, Dlle. 68 Lapriso (Charlotte), Dlle. Marie Motte, Dlle. Olive Motte. Dlle. Malvina Blondiii, Dme. Paul Bonne tte, Dme. Norbert Robert, Dlle. Josephine Duuias. Winooski — Dame Fr. Germain, Dlle. Adele Germain, Jos. Provost, Dame Jos. Pro^•ost, Dame Jos. Rancourt, Ormisdas Chicoigne. Dame O. Manseau, Dame A. Cardinal, Dame A. Boyer, Octave Piette, Louis Girard, Dame F. Pariseau, Dlle. Esther Pariseau, Dame T. Anger, Dame Jules Babeu, Dame M. Lisotte, Dame Lorrain, Dlle. Thais Girard, Dlle. Bom- bardier. Dame A. Bombardier, Mr. Ana- det Lefebvre, Dame A. Lefebvre, Dame Jos. Niquette, Veuve Is. Patenaude, Dlle. Bombardier, Dame Louis Leblanc, Dame Ed. Guertin, Dame Sophie Stuart de Beaujeu, Dame Bruno Manseau, Mr. Isaie Dubuc, Dame Isaie Dubuc, Mr. Chls. Pariseau, Dlle. Mina Desroches, Dame H. Laferriere, Mr. O. Carriere, Mr. L. Girard tils, Mr. J. Bte. Charbonneau, Dlle. Marie Prive, Dlle. Amelie Corb- eille, Mr. Francois Leclaire, Dlle. Sliz. Damme, Dame T. Barsalou, Dame Chas. Whittle, Jr., Mr. Ed. Dumas, Dame Jos. Lavigne, Dame L. Lamontagne, Dame M. Bourdon, Mr. Napol. Ledoux, Dame Jos. Hebert, Dame L. Rivard, Dame L. Drolette, Dame J. Goyette, Dame L. i [■{fj^-r'ti: 69 Narmandin, L. Goyette, Marguerite Goyette. St Step heel's (Jonfiregation. — Michael McNamara, Mrs. Bridget O'Brien, Mar- garet Casliion, Cornelius Delaney, Chris- topher Hardacre. UnderhiU. — Rev. M. Pigeon, JuUa Casey, Mrs. A. Charboneau, Miss Mat- ilda Cote, Mary Flannery, Margaret Geary, Kate Doly, Bridget Carmell, Ade- line Laporte, Mrs. Lachapelle, Mrs. Da- niel, Miss Mary Breen, Fred Breen, Mrs. Antoine Papineau, Helen Desney, Mr. Olivier Papineau, Mrs. O. Papineau, De lia Desney, Mr. Dubuc, Mrs. Dubuc and child, Mrs. Danis, Mrs. Normandin, Mr. Antoine Lincart, Mr. Victor PI ante, Mrs. Albert Flynn, Mrs. Frank Herson, John Doon, Felix Doon, John Doon, Jr., Mrs. F. Churyer. Mi'. Benoit, Mrs. Lepointe, Miss Lapointe, Ann Shanly, Sarah Shan- ley, Walter Kelley, Mr. McNaulty, John Papineau, J. Bissette, Mrs. Goyette, Mrs. Laporte, Mrs. Bissette, C. Bernard. Richmond. — Ulric Tessier, Geo, Bros- sard, Mme. G. Brossard, Mine. Cabana, Margaret Dary, Mme. Paradis. Gan-^eur. 8t Albans. — Mr. Patrick Gartland, Mrs. Mary Gartland, Miss Lizzie Gart land, Miss Mary Gartland, Mr. Peter 70 Brean, Mrs. Catherine Hand, Miss Hon- ora McNerney, Miss Mary Winn, Miss Mary Sullivan, Miss Catherine Sullivan, Mr. Thomas Ritchie, Mrs. Catherine Donnelly, Mrs. Elizabeth Meaghan, Mrs. Catherine McHugh, Mr. Patrick Barnes, Mrs. Bridget Barnes, Miss H Donovan, Lily Breen, Herbert Breen, Georgia Sul- livan, Anna ^Jeaghan. Swanton 7^ V/^5. --Charles .Desroches, Alfred Casavant. Ilighgate. — Catheriiie Beaulac, H. Lau- rent, Beaulac. Franklin. — Moise Lange, Clara Lange, Rosalie Lange. Rid i ford. — Josephine Deslauriers, Mrs. Lahberte, L. St. Germain, Mrs. Finn, A. Millette, ^Ille. Allain, J. Daudelin, E. Daudelin. Fairfield. — Rev. F. Yvinec, Ed. Bre- man, Owen Collin, Owen Collin, Mary No- lin,Celina Nolin, Mme. Menard, Jean Va de Concour, Ann Mary Rooney, Mary Collin, William Howrigan, John Fitzgerald, Matliew Nolan, Frederick Rooney, Roya Clark, Anna Donahoe, Helen Rooney, Charles Thos. Rooney, Mrs. Catherine Riley, Chas. O. Riley, John McCue, Pat. Bradey, Agnes Bradey, Aima Sinott, Mary McElroy,' Christina Bradey, Mary King, Sara Jennings, Anna Jennings, Ed. Riley, \ 71 Mary Riley, Ed. Cox, Julius Montgomery, Kickard Slmrkey, Mary Sliarkey, Anna Firsiiigan, Ellen Flynn, William Nolin, Ma>.*> Ann Nolin, Catherine Lee, Helen Collins, Margarite Freniore, Mary Anne Connors, James Brennan, Marg. Andrews, Patrick Eooney, Helen Eooney, Aima McKin, Treffle Lamelle, Catherine Law, Mary Freeman. IjJiwsburgh. — Rev. Joseph Brelivet, Patrick Colhns, Nancy Collins Jane Col- lins, Mathew Shannon, Mrs. Shannon, Mrs. D. Jasmin, Joseph Benoit, Mrs. J. Benoit, Jacques Benoit, pere, Mrs. J. Benoit, Jacques Benoit, tils, Mrs. J. Be- noit, David Benoit, Hyp. Lafleur, Chris- tophe Lafleur, G. Lafleur, Joseph Dera- gon, N. Gaulet, Mrs. Arnauld, Modeste Ii'Esperance, Mr. Trehan, Mrs. Trehan. Derby. — Olivier Doucet, alias Jewett, Alfred Morm, alias Morrill, Francois Dou- cet, alias Jewett, PierreMorin, alias Mor- rill, Dlle. Adelaide Morin, alias Morrill, Dlle. Adele Germain, alias Manny. Nexaport. — Rev. N. Proulx, Georges Cote, William Caile, alias Currier, Pat- rick Regan, Jr., Patrick Regan, Joseph Bienvenu, ahas Welcome, Dlle. Marie Proulx. Coventry. — Isaac Trudeau. Sheffield. — Nazaire Lette, alias Letters. 72 Barton — Ephrem Nault, Moise De- mers, alias Damon, Noe Kousseau, alias Brooks, Noe Eousseau, Jr., alias Brooks, Benoni Deiners, alias Damon, Moise Meu- nier, alias Miller, Tom Haft'ovd, John Hafford et une petite fille, Aiitoine Vai- lee, Moise Demers, alias Damon, Josej^h Breton, alias Barton, Pierre Huor, alias Peters, Onesime Desrochers, a.ias Rock, Louis Lafond, Stanislas Gagns, Charles Terrien, alias Leblanc, Dlle. Catherine Dubue. Westfield. — Charles Laplante, Charles Laplante, Jr. St. Johnshury. — Joseph Doucet, Ge- doin Desilet, David liouie, Patrick Mc- Laughlin, Joseph Jean, Mme. Godelin Dumas nee, Eleanor Mailhot, Jean Berthi- anne, Mme. Jean Berthianne nee, Adeline Chretien, Mansonville, P. Q. — Rev. P. Mathieu, Amable Gaborian, Adele Cabana. Gle9i Sutton, P. Q. — Thomas McLeod. JLoioell, Vt. — Charles Plante. Adelaide Langevin. Montgomery, Vt. — Marie Lousie Allin. t« ias hn ai~ ph Las ;k, .es lie es ■e- ^c- in li" le ^ IiTlDB2C. / Page. History of the Pilgrimage, ... 3 Why do Catholics have so much devotion to St. Ann ? Life of St. Ann, (-hurch of St. Ann, near Auray France, - 8te. Anne de Beanpre below Quebec, Devotion to St. Ann in the Diocese of Bur- lington, Novena to St. Ann, - - - - Invocations to St. Ann, - - - - Names of pilgrims. - - - - 14 16 27 40 44 64 67 u, d. le ti. ■-»