The Scranton Times-Tribune

St. Ann’s Novena participants pray for healing

SCRANTON– – Lucille Mathewson is waiting to hear if she’s beaten cancer for the fourth time. The Clarks Summit resident returned Thursday to St. Ann’s Monastery and Basilica in West Scranton to ...
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Pilgrims make traditional trek to St. Ann's for novena conclusion

SCRANTON, Pa. — A pilgrimage of the faithful from Pittston to Scranton took place early Wednesday. About a dozen people made the ten-mile walk in the fog. It ended at St. Ann's Basilica Shrine in ...
Citizen's Voice

Novena to St. Ann draws thousands to Scranton

William Lombardi has seen too many coincidences to doubt anyone’s listening to his prayers. The 88-year-old Clarks Summit man, standing next to his wife, Camille, recited prayers to St. Ann and the ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

St. Ann’s Novena: Here’s what you need to know

Over nearly a century, the annual Solemn Novena to St. Ann in Scranton has become a reverent tradition continuing even during times of trouble and uncertainty, including the Great Depression, wars and ...
National Catholic Register

St. Anne Is Our Grandmother In Heaven

Devotion to Saint Anne, honored as the holy mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus, was popular among early Christians. ABOVE: Charles-Antoine Coypel, “The Education of the Virgin Mary,” c. 1736.