What is a Shrine, and what makes a shrine different?
Shrines are places set apart, designated for spiritual growth and healing. They are places of pilgrimage and worship. We are grateful to Bishop Edgar DaCunha S.D.V. for permitting St Anne’s to be a holy place where the Sacrament of Reconciliation can be celebrated for the pilgrims and faithful who visit.
Beginning this Thursday, January 4, 2024, confessions will be available on Thursday afternoons from 2:00-3:15pm every week. (Unless otherwise noted). Please use the confessional on the left hand side of the Shrine near the statue of St. Padre Pio. Confessions are available anonymously or face-to-face as the penitent desires.
We are also grateful to the rotation of priests that have so graciously agreed to help us in this ministry. Please pray for them and for the shrine in this necessary ministry.
To enable our volunteers and staff to spend time with their families as we await the coming of Our Savior, the St. Anne Shrine of Fall River’s holiday hours leading up to Christmas are as follows:
Friday, December 22, 2023: Open 10AM – 4PM
Saturday, December 23, 2023: Open 10AM – NOON
Sunday, December 24, 2023 (Christmas Eve): CLOSED
Monday, December 25, 2023 (Christmas Day): CLOSED
We will reopen at our normally-scheduled time on TUESDAY, December 26, 2023 at 10AM.
The members of the board of the Preservation Society, the volunteers, and clergy who contribute to the liturgical life of the Shrine wish you a joyous, happy, and wonderful Christmas Day, and pray that 2024 brings you health, prosperity, and peace.
Seeking a new way to make time for God during the busyness of the season? Join us for our annual Advent Solemn Evening Prayer Series!
They take place during the first three Sundays of Advent at the Shrine in the lower church. The schedule is as follows:
If you have any questions, please contact the Shrine at 508-678-1510, info@st-annes-shrine.org, or by messaging us via our social media pages @StAnneShrineFR.
