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July 31, 2017

Ahearn Pilgrimage to Ste.-Anne-de-Beaupre ends after 95 years

Leonard DiVittorio of the New York borough of Queens poses for a photo July 23 outside the Basilica of Ste.-Anne-de-Beaupre in Quebec. DiVittorio has been organizing the Ahearn Memorial Pilgrimage to the basilica.

STE.-ANNE-DE-BEAUPRE, Quebec – Leonardo DiVittorio approached the statue of St. Anne. As part of the opening ceremony of the feast of the grandmother of Jesus July 25, he laid a wreath of flowers, a symbolic gesture intended to mark the Ahearn Memorial Pilgrimage's 95th and last visit at the Basilica of Ste.-Anne-de-Beaupre.

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