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The St. Anne Shell Chapel at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana is on the motherhouse grounds of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. Its primary function is as a chapel and shrine in honor of St. Anne. ==History== In November 1843, congregation foundress Saint Mother Theodore Guerin and Sister Mary Cecilia Bailly were returning from France with three French postulants after a fundraising trip.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Saint Anne Shell Chapel )〕 Sailing on the ''Nashville'', the sisters encountered a fierce storm that threatened to sink the craft. The sisters prayed to the Blessed Virgin Mary and to St. Anne for safety. (Guerin originally hailed from Brittany, France, where St. Anne is honored as patron of sailors.) Upon returning safely to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Guerin had a small log chapel built in honor of St. Anne on a small knoll in the forest of the motherhouse grounds. This chapel was completed in 1844. After several decades, the logs in this structure began to give way. Under the leadership of General Superior Mother Mary Ephrem Glenn, a sturdier stone chapel was built on the same site with the same 15' by 15' dimensions. This new chapel, called the Shrine of St. Anne but more commonly known as the Shell Chapel, was consecrated on July 25, 1876 with a blessing by a Father Chasse. Every July 25 since 1844, on the eve of the Feast of St. Anne, the sisters gather for a solemn procession to the chapel in honor of the saint. This procession includes songs and prayers. At its height, when nearly all Sisters of Providence spent the summers at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, this procession may have included over 1,000 habited nuns.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Anne Shell Chapel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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