St. Anne's Society
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The St. Anne's Society is a Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

 support group for women.

Anna means "grace".
St. Anne
Saint Anne
Saint Hanna of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. English Anne is derived from Greek rendering of her Hebrew name Hannah...

 is the patroness of mothers, nascent women, widows, sailors, poor schools, and Christians.

The St. Anne's Society was founded in 1881 by Anna Wick as the St. Anne's Mother's Society.

The purpose of this society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...

is to provide an opportunity for families to assist parish programs, to be involved in spiritual, educational. Encourage women blessed with the gift of motherhood to fulfill their vocation with the, humility, dignity and love of St. Anne.

St. Anne's Society is active in almost every Catholic parish of Polonia in the United States.

The St. Anne's Society


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