Saint Anne Shrine in Philadelphia

 

A reliquary containing what is believed to be a wrist bone of St. Anne is displayed in the upper church of St. Anne Parish, now an official shrine of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

The upper church of St. Anne Parish in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia has been designated a shrine of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in honor of the saint believed to be the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

St. Anne Shrine joins others in the Philadelphia Archdiocese including the Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel, whose tomb is now located at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul; the Miraculous Medal Shrine in Germantown and national shrines to St. Rita of Cascia in South Philadelphia, St. John Neumann in North Philadelphia and Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, plus other shrines in various parishes.
But having the official shrine is just one of the good things happening at St. Anne’s. Like all of now gentrifying Port Richmond, matters are looking up at the grand old parish.