St. Anne’s looms large over Mound Road at the front (main entrance) to the church there are 3 large double doors. Each of the doors has a large cross on it and over the doors there are 3 “sayings” etched in stone. The first one states “My Soul Magnifies the Lord”. This is from the Magnificat or “Prayer of Mary” which is found in Luke 1:46-55. My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my savior…The second saying is “I will go on to the altar of God”. This is from Psalm 43:4-There I will go to the altar of God, to God the source of all my joy. I will praise you with my harp my O God, my God. The third saying is “Was a just man”. This refers to Joseph (husband of Mary) from Matthew 1:19-And her husband, Joseph, being a just man and not willing to make her a public example decided to put her away quietly.
Inside St. Anne’s the altar can be seen from the front and from both sides. On one side of the altar there is a statute of Jesus with his hands out stretched as if welcoming everyone to his home. A portrait of St. Anne adorns the wall on the opposite of the altar. She appears to be looking out on the congregation in the protective way mothers often do.
The church is adorned with many works of religious art including statutes and portraits of Jesus, Mary and St. Anne. The music ministry is located in a loft at the back of the church and music of the service flows down on among the congregation right up to the altar filling the church with the Lord’s hymns and prayers.
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to St. Anne’s in Warren. We found it to be a most welcoming and friendly church and the people to be polite and filled with the Holy Spirit.
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Cross on top of St. Anne in Warren
View of Cross from the side
Front of church looking out on Mound Road
Another view from the front of the church
Saying etched over the first set of double doors
Saying etched over the middle doors
Saying over the 3rd set of doors
Some of the art work that adorns St. Anne's
The altar at St Annes
The welcoming arms of Jesus
St. Anne, patron saint of this church
View of the altar from the side pews
Statute of Mary
Touring St. Anne's in Warren
Carmen and me at St. Anne in Warren
Saint Anne's was a very nice church to grow up in back in the 1960's
ReplyDeleteSaint Anne's was a very nice church to grow up in back in the 1960's
ReplyDeleteI received an excellent education here. Hugh Francis Ryan Squier.