St Anne - Patroness of the
Childless, Mothers, Pregnancy and Poverty

According to the apocryphal Gospel of James, Anne and her husband Joachim, after years of childlessness, were visited by an angel who told them that they would conceive a child. Anne promised to dedicate the child to God's service. Joachim and Anne are believed to have given Mary to the service of the Second Temple when the girl was three years old. Anne is the patron saint of many things including a few of our favorites: childless people, grandparents, mothers, poverty, pregnancy and sterility. We celebrate St Anne's Feast on July 26, 2011.