ON the feast day of Saint Anne and Saint Joachim, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John Damascene, in the Office of the Readings, greets them profusely: “Saints Joachim and Anne, how ...

Four hundred miles directly south from the Shrine of St. Anne de Beaupré in Quebec, Canada, there stands another edifice dedicated to Jesus’ grandmother: the Shrine of St. Anne in Fall River, ...

FARGO - Sts. Anne and Joachim Catholic Church, 5202 25th St. S., hosts its annual Fall Festival from 6 to 10 p.m. Oct. 15 and noon to 4 p.m. on Oct. 16. First-day events include a street dance with ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ST. CHARLES COUNTY • The dedication of a bigger Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service in St. Charles County on Saturday comes with a ...

Many couples today face childlessness and infertility, but they are far from the first. Sts. Anne and Joachim, whose feast day is July 26, are known as the grandparents of Jesus and the parents of ...

On this day we celebrate the feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne. Jesus' maternal grandparents are not mentioned in the Bible. The apocryphal Book of James, written in the 2nd century, relates the story of ...

St. Ann, the mother of Mary and the grandmother of Jesus, will be celebrated next week at St. Paschal Baylon Church in Highland Heights. A 2,000-year-old-plus bone from St. Ann’s forearm — called a ...

On July 26 the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saints Joachim and Anne. Their faith and perseverance helped them survive the sorrow of childlessness and ...

I was delighted to learn that, in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic churches, today we celebrate Saint Joachim, husband of Saint Anne, the parents of Mary, and grandparents of Jesus. Anne and ...