Author: Bryan Boyle

Father Edward Murphy, chaplain of St. Anne Shrine, has announced the schedule of Healing Masses for the Winter/Spring cycle of 2024. All dates are THURSDAY evenings, starting with the Holy Rosary at 6:00PM with the Sacrament of Reconciliation available, followed by the Mass, Healing Service, and Benediction and Exposition at 6:30PM. The dates are listed below for your convenience. Please make a note of them on your calendar!

We do ask you to use alternating pews (unavailable pews will be ribboned-off) so Fr. Murphy and his assistant can attend to everyone during the healing service portion of these services. All are invited to attend this beautiful liturgy.

Yesterday evening, we gathered for the Diocese of Fall River’s Annual Procession & Mass for Peace on the steps of St. Anne Shrine.

Members of our staff and Board of Directors joined the large crowd that sang hymns and prayed the Holy Rosary, processing down South Main St. from the Shrine all the way to the Cathedral of St. Mary. There, Bishop da Cunha celebrated Mass, joined with Fr. Edward Murphy (our Chaplain) and other concelebrants.

While this beautiful event is over for this year, we continue to ask Our Lady’s intercession for peace in our world during this Month of the Rosary, especially in the war-torn areas of Ukraine, Taiwan, Israel, and Gaza.

The relics of St. Andre Bessette, known worldwide for his devotion and healing of visitors to the Oratory of St. Joseph in Montreal, will be visiting St. Anne Shrine on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 in the lower church.

St. Andre was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a significant figure among French-Canadians, credited with thousands of reported miraculous healings associated with his pious devotion to Saint Joseph.

He was declared venerable in 1978 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1982. Pope Benedict XVI approved the his decree of sainthood on February 9, 2010, with the formal canonization taking place on October 17, 2010.

It is reported that St. Andre visited St. Anne’s during his trips to Fall River to visit with relatives, and the Shrine gratefully welcomes him back to the shrine dedicated to the patroness of Quebec. The schedule of events is listed in the poster above.

Fr. Edward A. Murphy, Chaplain of St. Anne Shrine, has announced the schedule for his Healing Mass ministry in the Shrine. Please make note of these dates and plan to attend these uplifting and spiritually fulfilling events here at St. Anne.