Devotion to Saint Anne, honored as the holy mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus, was popular among early Christians. ABOVE: Charles-Antoine Coypel, “The Education of the Virgin Mary,” c. 1736.

Every year on the feast of the Virgin Mary’s mother, thousands of faithful flock toward the shrine of Saint-Anne d’Auray, the third major shrine in France, after Lourdes and Lisieux. Each July 26, ...

Celebrate 50 years of sainthood at the Seton Shrine in Emmitsburg, Maryland with concerts, Mass, lectures and more from Sept.

DETROIT (WWJ) - Not every city can say they have their own saint -- but the city of Detroit can. Saint Anne, the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and grandmother of Christ, has been named by the ...

The Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Md., was filled to capacity Sept. 14 as ...