The History of St. Ann's Catholic Church

As one travels down Foymount Hill, the stately gray stone Church of St. Ann's, with its sky reaching steeple, rests serenely at its foothill. Visible, are not only buildings, but the well maintained sheds that sheltered horses and carriages in earlier days...

The History of the Pilgrimage to St. Ann's

In 1937, bishop C.L. Nelligan, announced to Father J.N. George, his approval of a Shrine to St. Ann in Cormac, as it was centrally located in the diocese. On Tuesday, July 26, 1938, the Feast of St. Ann, the first Pilgrimage was held at St. Ann's, Cormac...