The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-27
81. ANNE CREDITED WITH
sNATCHING BOY FROM DEATH


the novena, he Is perfectly well. He
is grateful, too, for his cure. Before
being restored to health he resolved
that IL he we're cured as a result OF
praying to St Anne he would take
communion July 26, st. Anne's feast
every year as long as he lived"
Some OFFER Money.
FIR. Renaud explained that In some
cases people offered money in return
for cures and blessings. One woman
handed him $50, he said. and asked
that II be used to provide electric
lights for the church altar. The lights
were installed in accordance with the
request. FIR. Renaud also explained
that il was Got only persons afflicted
with bodily ailments who sought
cures.
People with all kinds OF petitions
come 10 the novena," said the clergy
nan. Some want spiritual blessings,
others seek solace for troubled minds. "
In connection with the novena, a
relic OF st. Anne, two tiny bits OF bone
from her body are brought into SER
vice. The precious specimens are
about an eighth OF an inch In length
and a sixteenth OF an inch In width
and diameter. They are enclosed In
little glass case and nobody Is al
lowed 10 touch them. Each person
seeking spiritual and mental gifts is
permitted to kiss the glass case. while
in the case of those after bodily cures,
the little box Is pressed against the
affected parts. FIR. Remand says thai
the bits OF bone are undeniably parts
OF the body OF st. Anne, whose bones
were preserved and distributed in mil
lions of small particles to parishes
throughout the world. st. Anne's
church is the only one in Detroit which
possesses the rare relics. Were they
to be lost or stolen 1t would be diff
cult to replace them, FIR. Remand said.
To Hold Second Novena.
This years novena was one OF the
most largely attended In the history
of the church:-jn fact, all who desired
an opportunity TO seek blessings were
unable to be accommodated. Pilgrims
have been coming to see FIR. Renaud
since the closing Of the novena. and
SO urgent has the call come for an
other service OF the kind that he has
decided to conduct another series for
prayers and petitions to the good
saint. This additional service, or mo-
vena, will begin on Tuesday, Sept 6,
and last until All Saints day. Nov. l..
Services will be held only on Tues
day OF each week, however. In this
time Fr. Renaud thinks all will be
able to get attention. Among the APP
plicants who interviewed FIR. Renaud
since the closing of the regular mo-
vena in July, were many from outside
places.
Asked what portion OF the Scrip
lures the novena was based on, FIR.
Renaud replied by quoting the follow
ing words from the seventh chapter
Of st. Matthew. seventh verse:
ASK, and 1t shall be given you:
seek. and ye shall find; knock. and 1t
shall be opened unto YOU"
Those words" said FIR. Renaud,
''are from Christ's sermon on the
Mount. In our novena we pray to God
In the Sons name, for what we want.
and then petition st. Anne to inter
cede for us. In this way we feel that
our prayers are the more effective.
Certain it Is that much good results
from the petitions"
FIR. Renaud has been In charge OF
st. Anne's parish for the past three
years and the church has made un-
usual Roadway during his incumbency.
This Is the first time In the history of
the parish that second novena shall
be held In one year.