The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-01
BRIDCEPORTERS
 PLANNING TO 60
 ON PILGRIMAGE
Father BeIanger Will Conduct Party To
 Beaupre
local People Will Join Big Ex-
 euTSlOn In New York Story Of The Shrine

A pilgrimage which has for it's ob- Sect visit to the shrine of St. Anne De Beaupre, Canada, will set out from this city Sunday afternoon in charge of Rev Joseph V- E. Belanger, pastor of St aAnthony's church, The party from this city will include eleven peo- Fple. with the probable addition of sew erzi more. who will Journey to New York, there to board the special pill szrfna<e train which will carry over 1,5o0 people to the celebrated shrine.
 Those who intend going from this city include. Rev. Father Belanger, f.Adelard Paradise, Mrs Charles Quin- 1ardr Miss Carrie Mullins Miss Mar .Earet Donavan. Miss Mary Dubee, Miss Gertrude Walsh, Miss Jennie Daley, Miss Nellie Daley and MT. and Mrs sE T. Flanagan Father BeIanger has made thirty annual trips to the shrine snot having missed a year since he was a boy Of nine years.
 The local party will leave Bridge port Sunday afternoon at 4:16 o'clock, ,zrriving in New York in time to board the s-55 New York Central special pill erinage train which will convey them directly into Canada, arriving in, Aon- 4reaf Monday morning at 10 o'clock where they will change to a special on the Canadian railway which will isbring the pilgrims into Beaupre be- tween and o'clock Monday even linz The Bridgeport pilgrims can re-
 
 desire, their excursion tickets being good for one month. The return trip includes a stop-over at Cliff Haven, where the Catholic Simmer school Is located, Plattsburgh, Lake Champlain. Lake George, Saranac Lakes and Sar- satnEn Springs. concluding with the Hudson river trip s-~
 St Anne de Beaupre Is the most fa- sxnous shrine on the American contin- ent- According to Christian tradition St. Anne was the mother of several among the apostles and of St Eliza beth, the mother of St John the Rap list Anne espoused Joachim, father inlay of St Joseph The only off spring of the marriage was the Blessed virgin Mary. the Mother of Christ. St Anne was buried near Jerusalem, but during the reign of the Roman Esnpere- Tra3ans the remains were re- moved to the town of Apt France, where they are held in, deep veneTa- .%ion-
 A popuIar tradition relates that some Breton mariners. while navigating the sSt- Lawrence. were overtaken by a t-vioient storm In their youth and manhood they had been accustomed Ito have recourBe to the well-beloved ipa1roness of their own beloved Brit ;tany. and never had St Anne remain ed deaf to their prayers They sol iernnEy vowed that if the saint would save them from shipwreck and death they would build her a sanctuary on the very spot where they should hap pen to land Their prayers were heard and when morning dawned these men touched the shores on the north bank Of the river, at a place seven leagues northeast of Quebec True to their WOW they raised a little wooden chapel which was to become famous through out America
 Since the little chapel was founded two churches have been constructed, .at present a great and rich edifce Erac1ng the location The most inn posing feature within the church is the statue Of St Anne, the gift of a spious Belgian family
 On entering the church the strang- CT sees on either side two racks that extend from the floor almost to the ceiling The crutches. walking sticks, bandages and other surgical appliances with which these racks are covered have been left there by pilgrims who after fervently praying to the good St Anne were cured of their infirmity and consequently had no further use for these instruments Many more have been given to the flames as there was no room to accommodate them