The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-08-30
AN INTERESTING TRIP
The Editor and Family on Their De-
lighttuI Vacation With National
Editorial Association.

to the tourist in all eastern Canada is
a "trip to the shrine of st. Anne de
Beaupre, which is % miles east of Que
bee, and special train was provided
for the editorial party by the Quebec
Railway, Light and Power Co., whose
road is operated by both steam and
electric cars, and the trip was made in
less than an hour. To tell the story of
st. Anne we must draw upon holy writ,
upon history and upon tradition, and
much of the description Of this inter-
esting place is taken from a phamphlet
issued by the railroad company. Chris
tian tradition has handed down to us
but few details with regard to st.
Anne. Both Nazareth and the little
town of Sophoris, at the foot of Mt. Car
mel, claim the honor of having been her
blessed dwelling place. st. Annes
sisters We're the mothers of several
amongst the Apostles and ST. Elizabeth,
the mother of st. John the Baptist.
Anne espoused Joachim or Eli-Achim.
In the gospel according to St. Luke,
Jo-Achim is mentioned, under the abre-
waited name of Eli, as father-in-law of
st. Joseph. The only but glorious off
spring of this marriage was the Blessed
Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ. St.
Anne, after her holy death, was buried
near Jerusalem, but later on her sacred
remains were deposited in the church
of the sepulchre of Our Lady, in the
Valley of Jehosaphat. During the
reign of the Roman Emperor Traian, in
the first century Of Christendom, the
venerable body Of st. Anne, or rather
the greater portion Of it, was brought
over to the town of Apt, in the diocese
OF Avignon, France, where it is still
held in deep yeneration. Concerning
the removal of these precious remains
it is reported that one day mysterious
bark was seen to approach the shores
of France. 1t had neither sail or rud-
der, but God was it's pilot. Never had
the ocean borne a greater treasure, for
in this bark was St. Lazarus, with his,
two pious sisters, st Mary Magdelene
and st. Martha, together with several
other sanity women. They are fleeing
from Palestine, their country, carrying
with them number Of precious relics,
the most precious among them being
the hallowed body of st. Anne. This
treasure was placed in the hands of ST.
Auspicius, the first bishop Of Apt.
A popular tradition relates that some
Breton mariners whilst navigating the
st. Lawrence, were overtaken in a
violent storm. In their youth and man
hood they had been accustomed to have
recourse to the well-beloved patroness
OF their own beloved Brittany, and
never had st. Anne remained deaf to
their prayers. They solemnly vowed
that if the saint would save them from
shipwreck and death they would build
her sanctuary on the very spot on
which they happened to land. Their
prayers were heard. When the morn
ing dawned those brave men touched
the shore on the north bank of the river
at place seven leagues northeast OF
Quebec, at that time known as Petit
Cap. True to their vow they raised a
little wooden chapel which was to be.
come famous throughout America. Even
though the existence of this first chapel
should not be an historical fact beyond
dispute as some contend, there are
nevertheless, documents, reliable and
certain, that go to prove that the origin
OF Beaapre dates back almost to the
earliest times of the colonization OF
Canada. In 1916 there was missionary
priest in Petit Cap. He was followed
by the Jesuits. In 1850 were given the
first grants of land 10y the government
to the colonists Of Beaupre. Father
Andrew Richard, a Jesuit, came as mis-
sionary to the place in 1867, and on the
2Sth day of July there baptised Claud
Pelleties, who afterwards became a
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of Brother Didace. This holy friar
whose cause has been introduced in
Rome, is the first Canadian who died in
the order of sanctity. Up to this time
the missionaries who visited Petit Car
had exercised the holy ministry either
! in the little chapel of the Breton sail
ors, if it existed, or else in private
houses, but in March, 1868, M. de Quey
lus, Sulpician, parish priest of Quebec,
deputed M. Vignal to go and bless the
foundation of new church. He was
accompanied by M. d'Ailleboust, the
governor of New France, who had con-
sented to lay the corner stone. Canada
on that day began her first sanctuary in
honor of st. Anne. Gas God has ever
selected for his wondrous works some
churches amongst others, so He seems,
in our day, to have chosen the church
of st. Anne, as is clearly shown by the
many miracles which have taken place