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.”
Pope Francis comes as a pilgrim to Lac Ste. Anne
Like generations of pilgrims before him, Pope Francis came to the water’s edge at Lac Ste. Anne seeking healing — not his healing, ours.
We all need the healing of Jesus
The full text of Pope Francis' homily given at the Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage July 26, 2022.
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.
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.
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.
Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage goes virtual again
EDMONTON -- This year’s Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage is going online once again, the second year in a row.
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.
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.