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.

Beauty pageant aficionados, analysts and chroniclers can’t help but focus their attention on Mary Anne Bianca Garcia Guidotti, the Philippines’ representative to this year’s Miss ...

Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Anne is, along with Sts. Monica and Gerard Majella, patron of mothers. Uncovered Jewel.

Saint Anne, the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and grandmother of Christ, ... Saint Anne had been assumed by many over two-plus centuries to be Detroit's patron saint.

Saint of the day: Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic News Agency. Sunday, July 06, 2025. ... Joachim and Anne, and the purity of Mary.

Denver, Colo., Jul 24, 2011 / 05:58 am. On July 26 the Roman Catholic Church commemorates the parents of the Virgin Mary, Saints Joachim and Anne.

Succinctly, it is thought that this celebration originated in connection with the feast of the dedication of a church dedicated to Mary, now the Church of St. Anne, in Jerusalem in the 6th century.

The highlight of the festival was a 6.5km-long grand procession of beautifully decorated floats bearing the statues of St Anne and her daughter, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Already a subscriber? Log in .

Even though there is no exacting association of St. Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary, with water or wells in Catholic or Orthodox traditions, many water sources in England were believed to have ...