Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-16

cial acceptance of Bernadette Sou
birous' story.
Since then, hundreds of thou
sands of invalids have knelt be-
fore Our Lady of Lourdes, as the
little statue is called, and prayed
that they might be cured. And
many marvellous cures have act
ually taken place, If one may be-
lieve the testimony of numerous
amazed spectators as well as that
of various grateful pilgrims. One
OF last years cases, for example,
was that of young woman with
a badly twisted ankle, resulting
from a fall. Several surgical OPP
erations had failed to correct the
trouble, and she was able TO walk
only with the aid of a specially
made brace and crutches. When
she left Lourdes, however, she left
these aids to locomotion behind
her.
| In describing her sensations
while the cure was taking place
the young woman said: upon
kissing the statue of Our Lady the
second time 1 felt a severe pain
shoot through my crippled leg and
| something seemed to crack be-
hind my knee. 1 then kissed the
statue a third time, after which
the ankle Strengthened out, all
pain instantly vanished, and /
| walked forward unaided."
The French have another IA
| nous shrine located in Brittany.
known as the shrine of Ste. Anne
dAuray. which has been steadily
working similar miracles ever
since the year 1923. Here the
statue of Ste. Anne presides over
fountain the waters of which
are said to be marvelously benefit
clal for diseased eyes and Grip
pied limbs. Along the road lead
ing to the shrine one finds the
curious basin stones of Coastal and
the stones Of Meriadec, which the
surrounding villagers firmly be-
lleVe have power to cure lumbago.
rheumatism and other acute ALL
ments, simply by rubbing them
over the afflicted parts,
Ah"hC 4uOSJ IODuIuT.
ST. Anne seems to be the saint
most frequently selected for shrine
duty everywhere. At least, half
dozen shrines in various paris
OF the world are presided over by
Iler statue, while a few of them
even contain sacred remnants of
her body excavated only during
the last century, which the afflict-
eu are permitted to touch, The
Church of ST. Jean Baptiste in
New York city possesses a piece
OF st. Anne's wrist which is daily
Kissed by a large number of suf-
ferers, who thereby hope to oh
tain miraculous relief. That many
or them apparently have, is indi-
Gated by the great mass of dis
carded crutches, canes and spec
'tacles which are now used to dec
crate the shrine.
Another wrist bone of this heal
Ing saint is located in the shrine
or Ste. Anne De Beaupre, which is
situated in the village of that
name, on the banks of the ST
Lawrence river, 81 miles below
the quaint old city of Quebec. Ac-
cording to tradition, thi, shrine
owes It's existence to the misfor-
tune or some Breton sailors who. |
IN making their way up the st. |
Lawrence, were engulfed in a ter
rible storm. Accustomed to call
ing upon their patroness. STE
Anne, when in distress, thew fell
on their knees and vowed thar n
the saint would save them from
shipwreck they would build
chapel to her memory wherever
they happened to land. When
they touched shore safely the newt
morning. they considered that their
prayer had been answered and
iihlneolateiy set to work on the
construction of a rude little sane
tuary which was destined to be-
come famous through the success
slve edifices that followed IT,
~ was while building the foun.
oatlon OF new church." we are
told, that the first miracle is said
10 nave occurred. Louis Guinont
who was severely afflict. d with
rheumatism, to show his devotion
endeavored to assist in tie wort
and Just as he painfully placed
small stone In the foundation his
rheumatism suddenly vanished !"
That was sufficient to establish Ste
Anne de Beaupre's fame as a cura.
tive shrine--a fame which has
continued to grow until TODAY n
IS the greatest rival of Lourdes
Every summer great thropgs of
pilgrims file into the town. soma
OF whom remain during the en-
tlre season in their efforts to M.
tract the blessing Of the saint ana
nave their health restored.
Last spring, however. STE. Anne
de Beaupre suffered a great mis-
fortune which is apt to interfare
with the pilgrimage this year. Ths
historic basihca housing the shrine
was destroyed by mysterious f,re
which quickly spread to the mon |
astry and threatened the entire
town. Due to the heroic works NJ |
the monks. however, the statue OF |
Ste. Anne as we'll as O number of |
relics to which have been ascrihed |
miraculous cures were saved |
which--say the citizens of ste
Anne, de Beaupre--was also a mir.
acle.