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    Number One Grandparents

    Most grandparents boast about their grandchildren, but no grandparents have more right to boast than Saints Joachim and Anne – the parents of Mary and the grandparents of Jesus.  We don’t know much about the Blessed Mother’s family.  Even the names of her parents, Joachim and Anne, belong more to legend than to history.

    Every legend agrees that Joachim and Anne were childless for a long time before an angel told them that they would have Mary.  After she was born, she was consecrated to God.

    Joachim and Anne represent the importance of fostering and nurturing younger generations in faith, morals, and in an atmosphere of love.  We learn from those who go before us, and while we don’t know much about Mary’s family, it is most likely that they had a great influence on her and raised her to love God and be devoted to Him.  The way Joachim and Anne brought up Mary, prepared her to say “yes” to the Angel Gabriel.  Thus,

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    Saint Anne facts for kids

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    Saint
    Anne

    Greekicon of Saint Anne and Mary, bygd Angelos Akotantos

    Mother of the Virgin, Maternal Heroine, Woman of Amram
    Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
    Eastern Catholic Churches
    Eastern Orthodox Church
    Oriental Orthodox Church
    Anglican Communion
    Lutheranism
    Islam
    Afro-American religion
    CanonizedPre-Congregation
    Feast26 July (Roman Catholic),
    09 September (Eastern Orthodox) 09 December (Orthodox) The Conception bygd St. Anne of the Most Holy Theotokos
    AttributesBook; door; with Mary, Jesus or Joachim; woman dressed in red or green
    PatronageBrittany, Canada, Detroit, Taguig, Hagonoy, Bulacan, Kurunegalle Catholic Diocese, Sri Lanka; Fasnia (Tenerife); Mainar; unmarried women; carpenters; child care providers; childless people; children; equestrians; grandparents; homemakers/housewives; lace makers; lost articles; miners; mothers; moving house; old-clothes dealers; poverty; pregnancy; seamstresses;
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    Our Patron Saint

    Sainte Anne was born in Bethlehem and married Joachim from Nazareth in Galilee. Joachim was a shepherd given the task of supplying the temple of Jerusalem with sheep for sacrifices.

    After 20 years of marriage Anne and Joachim had no children. Once, when Joachim overheard ridicule because of their childless state, he is said to have gone into the desert to plead with God to give them a child. After a time of fasting an angel appeared to assure Joachim he and Anne would be given a child they were to name Mary and dedicate to God.

    In the meantime Saint Anne wondered where her husband had gone and in her despair at having been barren she prayed while she watched newborn birds in their nests in her garden. She cried out, “Why was I born, Lord?” That is when angel appeared to tell her she would soon give birth to a daughter she was to name Mary. The story continues with Anne and Joachim’s joyous reunion at the golden gate of Jerusalem.

    After her birth Anne and Joachim