St. Anne, Patron of Grandmothers
and Expectant Women

No.: S-010          

Dimensions: 10x5x1 (inches)

Price: $40.00

Comes boxed and with a card giving
the following history

The Gospel of James tells that Anne and her husband, Joachim, were childless late into their lives, though they both desperately wanted a child. In desperation, Joachim went into the desert to fast and pray for a child while Anne, at home, bewailed her fate. One day, in prayer, she looked up to see an angel descending to tell her that she would conceive a child who would become famous throughout the world. Soon thereafter, Anne became pregnant and later gave birth to Mary, the mother of Jesus. Anne is the patron of grandmothers because she was the grandmother of Jesus of Nazareth. She is the patron of expectant women because of the joy and promise her pregnancy evoked. The shell above Anne’s head is an ancient symbol of listening patiently for the word of God. The book in her hand represents the Old Testament, where Anne found the story of Hannah, a hopeful story much like her own.