The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-25
PILGRIMS TO ST. ANNE
Annual Religious Rite in Quaint. Hi
nois Town Ends Tomorrow.

Kankakee, Ill, July 25.-The No
vena of Saint Anne, in the quaint viii
lage of st. Anne, fourteen miles south
east of here, as a preparation for the
celebration of her feast day and the
annual pilgrimage. began on July IS.
This is the thirty-first year of these
devotions. their origin dating to 1886,
when a large number of pilgrims from
Chicago under the leadership of Fa-
Their Bergeron of Notre Dame church,
made the first pilgrimage.
They had selected the church of St.
Anne because they thought it was pc
culiarly fitted to become a place of
pilgrimage. Their choice seems to
have been approved for ever since it
has been visited every year by thou
sands of petitioners of the Good St.
Anne"
Lasts Eight Days.
This year the Novena is being con-
Quoted by Father Ambrose of the Pas
sionist Retreat, Norwood Park, Chi
cago. From the 18th to the 26th of
July, every morning after the Z o'clock
mass, short instruction is given.
which is followed by the veneration of
the relic. Every afternoon at o'clock
there is a special service, consisting of
prayers singing and the generation of
the relic. for the benefit of the sick.
This extra service is attended most
ly by the pilgrims, who come from
distant places and devote all their
votions take place at 1880 O'Clock.
After the singing of an appropriate
hymn and five minutes instruction
in French, sermon is preached by
the missionary father, after which
come the prayers of the Novena and
finally benediction of the blessed sac
rament.
March Carrying Relic.
Sunday evening, July %, besides the
usual devotions, there was process
sion with the relic, out of doors, dur
ing which the people carried lighted
candles in their right hand. In issu-
ing his announcement of the annual
Novena and pilgrimage, Rev. z. p.
Berard, pastor of the church, stated
In these extraordinary times it be-
hooves us to turn to God for light and
strength, lest we falter and give way
under the stress of trials. United
prayer and sincere devotion at St
Anne will prove a powerful means to
obtain the much needed help.
Afflicted Seek Cures.
Our participation in the pilgrim
age on July &c will be a public tes-
timony of our faith and trust in God
whose ways, we know, are inscrutable
but always Just. The great process
SION with ST. Anne'S relic on the streets
of the village, with its outpouring OF
fervent prayers by the pilgrims repre-
senting many different tongues and
nationalities, cannot fail to draw down
blessings from heaven. The sick and
afflicted will ask a relief: fathers and
mothers, mindful of their responsible
| tiles as heads of families, will ask
| blessings for their children, in a word
each pilgrim will offer up petitions for
I some SDaCial mead INF with -
as the pilgrims say their prayers al
the shrine or while marching in the
procession, the thought of the wal
with its attendant sacrifices and woes
viii come to their minds and many
are the earnest. deep felt prayers that
VIII be addressed to st. Anne asking
her TO lead for them with God, thai
He may shorten the days of hostili.
ties an soon grant us the blessings OF
q true and lasting neaca >,