The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:10:12 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Extreme weather forces Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage cancellation /item/35745-extreme-weather-forces-lac-ste-anne-pilgrimage-cancellation /item/35745-extreme-weather-forces-lac-ste-anne-pilgrimage-cancellation

The second half of the 2023 Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage in Alberta, which was scheduled from July 21-27, has been cancelled due to “extreme weather.”

]]> qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:29:58 -0400 Pope Francis comes as a pilgrim to Lac Ste. Anne /item/34641-pope-francis-comes-as-a-pilgrim-to-lac-ste-anne /item/34641-pope-francis-comes-as-a-pilgrim-to-lac-ste-anne

Like generations of pilgrims before him, Pope Francis came to the waterƵapp edge at Lac Ste. Anne seeking healing — not his healing, ours.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 27 Jul 2022 08:22:56 -0400 We all need the healing of Jesus /faith/homilies/item/34640-we-all-need-the-healing-of-jesus /faith/homilies/item/34640-we-all-need-the-healing-of-jesus

The full text of Pope Francis' homily given at the Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage July 26, 2022.

]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Reflections Wed, 27 Jul 2022 08:05:35 -0400 Ecological concerns raised on state of Lac Ste. Anne /item/34494-ecological-concerns-raised-on-state-of-lac-ste-anne /item/34494-ecological-concerns-raised-on-state-of-lac-ste-anne

Growing up on Lac Ste. Anne in the 1940s and ’50s, Tony Belcourt remembers a rich and wondrous body of water, teeming with life.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:24:49 -0400 The healing waters of Lac Ste. Anne /item/34469-the-healing-waters-of-lac-ste-anne /item/34469-the-healing-waters-of-lac-ste-anne

Steve Simon knows that one of the best tricks in photography is learning how to record the invisible — things like faith, hope, healing, memory, time and wonder. The award-winning photographer, now based in New York, learned this trick early in his career at Lac Ste. Anne.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:34:16 -0400 Annual Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage dates back to 1889 /item/34468-annual-lac-ste-anne-pilgrimage-dates-back-to-1889 /item/34468-annual-lac-ste-anne-pilgrimage-dates-back-to-1889

The legacy of the Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage stretches back a lot longer than the Church remembers. Lac Ste. Anne was a sacred pilgrimage site for centuries before French Oblate missionaries arrived at Fort des Prairies (later known as Edmonton) in 1843.

]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Features Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:09:51 -0400 Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage goes virtual again /item/33033-lac-ste-anne-pilgrimage-goes-virtual-again /item/33033-lac-ste-anne-pilgrimage-goes-virtual-again

EDMONTON -- This yearƵapp Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage is going online once again, the second year in a row.

]]> Canada Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:00:00 -0400 Pilgrims find healing, renewal in the waters of Alberta's Lac Ste. Anne /item/29964-pilgrims-find-healing-renewal-in-the-waters-of-alberta-s-lac-ste-anne /item/29964-pilgrims-find-healing-renewal-in-the-waters-of-alberta-s-lac-ste-anne

LAC STE. ANNE, Alberta -- As she battled the aching pains of stage 4 intestinal cancer, Evelyn Mercredi slowly lifted herself from her walker and stepped into the waters of Lac Ste. Anne expecting -- and receiving -- healing.

]]> Canada Thu, 25 Jul 2019 13:51:04 -0400 Pilgrims drawn to sacred shores of Alberta's Lac St. Anne /item/25799-pilgrims-drawn-to-sacred-shores-of-alberta-s-lac-st-anne /item/25799-pilgrims-drawn-to-sacred-shores-of-alberta-s-lac-st-anne

The annual pilgrimage to the sacred shores of Lac St. Anne in Alberta has been going on for 162 years, but it never gets old.

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