Ste. Anne de Beaupré

That may have contributed to the somewhat sparse crowd on Thursday morning at the Plains of Abraham, where people gathered to pray, receive communion and watch a broadcast of Pope Francis’s mass at the national shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupré, a short drive northeast of Quebec City.

With devout Americans they still trudged the 21 miles to the shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre on pilgrimage.

The XXI Eucharistic Congress was held in 1910 at Montreal close to the faith-healing shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre.

Under discussion is the restoration of sight at the shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupré in Quebec.

Ever since shipwrecked sailors built her a shrine, Ste. Anne de Beaupre has been visited and invoked by thousands yearly.