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events:
Saint Anne is the kind
grandmother to whom people like to pray for families.
Pope John Paul II, himself a pilgrim of Saint
Anne, invited all the pilgrims present to be the
builders of the Church in future generations. |
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Sainte Anne d'Auray welcomes
pilgrims all year round. From March to October,
the pilgrimages period is studded with pardons
from all the dioceses and parishes of Brittany
and elsewhere, and from different religious movements.
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The
main religious feasts of the Church are celebrated,
in particular those connected to Saint Anne and the
Virgin Mary:
7th March: anniversary of the discovery of the
statue of Saint Anne.
25th and 26th July: Grand Pardon de Sainte Anne
(Day of Forgiveness of Saint Anne).
15th August: Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
1st Sunday of October: Feast of Our Lady of
the Rosary.
Welcome to the Basilica:
The
Basilica is open every day from 8h00 to 22h00 from 1st
July to 31st August. The rest of the year from 8h00
to 19h00.
Access
to the Basilica for disabled persons.
Every day: Sacristy is manned from 9h30 to 12h00 and
from 14h00 to 18h00.
Spiritual
welcome and confessions in the Basilica with priests
from the Shrine every day from 9h30 to 12h00 and from
15h30 to 18h00.
Suggestion for a day of pilgrimage:
9h30: Audiovisual and visit of the places.
11h00: Pilgrims' Mass.
15h00: Prayer of the rosary.
Free guided tour of the Shrine on request.
Video cassette on the message of Saint Anne
and on the history of the pilgrimage.
Exhibitions.
Specific events for groups of children and young
people.
The pilgrims and visitors may find peace and
contemplation in the vast grounds of the Shrine.
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