The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-14

HEALING SHRINES

- oSOSs sOsEs8 ASI - ~
while the cure was taking
the young woman said:
kissing the statute Of Our las ~
second time felt 4 sewers sSs
shoot through my crippled LEI ~
something seemed to crack
hind my knee. / then kissed ~
statue . third time, after which ~
ankle Straightened out, all main "a q
stAntly vanished, and walkAd g.
ward unaided."
The French have another fnsn..
shrine located in Brittany. krDve
~ the shrine OF ste. Anne d.AIrs,
which has been steadily vorkhs
similar miracles ever since. n
year 1923. Here the statue Of AZ s
Anne preaiaes over a fountain. -
waters Of which are said to Be -.
velously beneficial for disease1
eyes and crippled limbs. Alope
the road leading to the shrine On
finds the curious basin stones a
Coastal and the stones Of Meiiadee
which the surrounding villaxer, ,
firmly believe have power to cur {
lumbago, rheumatism and Other
acute ailments, simply by rubbing
them over the afflicted parts.
: Saint Anne Most Popular.
st. Anne seems to be the saint
most frequently selected for shrinS
duty everywhere. At least, half ! !
dozen shrines in various parts Of
the world are presided over by her
statue, while q few of them con.
tain sacred remnants of her BODY.
excavated only during the last cen.
fury, which the afflicted are per-
mitted to touch. The Church OF St
Jean Baptiste in New York City
possesses piece of st. Anne'S
wrist which is kissed daily by 1
large number of sufferers, who
thereby hope to obtain miraculous
relief. That many Of them appar-
emily have. is indicated by the
great mass of discarded crutches,
canes and spectacles which are nov
used to decorate the shrine.
Another wrist bone of this heal
ing saint is located in the shrine Of
St. Anne De Beaupre, which Is Sit
uated in the village of that name,
on the banks of the st. Lawrence
river, Il miles below the quaint Old
city Of Quebec. According to Mr
dition, this shrine owes its en-
tence to the misfortune of soma
Breton sailors who in making their
way up the st. Lawrence we're en-.
quilted in terrible storm. Accus
toned to calling upon their patron
ess, st. Anne, when in distress
they fell on their knees and vowet
that il the saint would save then
from shipwreck they would built
a chapel to her memory wherever
| they happened to land. When they
touched shore safely the mex
morning, they considered that theil
iprayer had been answered, and i'm
mediately set to work on the con
/ struction of a rude little sanctuar!
which was destined to become ia
nous through the successive edi
fees that followed it.
1T was while building the fosa-
dation of new church." we sre
told, "that the first miracle is sd
to have occurred. Louis Guimont
who was severely afflicted witt
rheumatism, to show his devotion
endeavOred to assist in the work
and just as he painfully placed
small stone in the foundation hi
J rheumatics suddenly vanished.
That was sufficient to establish 81
Anne de Beaupre's fame as cura
/ tive shrine-a fame which has con
tinued to grow until today it is tn
. greatest rival of Lourdes. Ever
: summer, great throngs Of pilgrim
file into the town, some OF wror
. remain during the entire season i
. their efforts to attract the blessin
. of the saint and have their healt
restored.
Il Last spring, however, st. Am
: de Beaupre suffered great mis-
, fortune which is apt to interior
| with the pilgrimage this year. Tn
: historic basilica housing the shrln
/ was destroyed by a mysterious fir
which quickly spread to the NOR
: asteHy and threatened the entir
/ town. Due to the heroic work {
} the monks, however, the statue
|, St. Anne as we'll as number
/ relics to which have been ascribe
3 miraculous cures were save
which-say the citizens Of 81
, Anne de Beaupre-was also a NIL
lacle.