A procession of the St. Anne statue and veneration of the relic followed the Sunday afternoon service on the church grounds on the sacred island Mniku. After being forced to cancel the 2020 Mission to St. Anne, thousands returned to Potlotek First Nation and the adjacent island for the five-day mission event that honours the patron saint of the Mi’Kmaq people.
Photos by Dana MacPhail TouesnardAs part of the five-day St. Anne Mission, many of the community’s babies are baptized while older children (pictured) celebrate their first holy communion. Left: Rev. Wayne Kirkpatrick, the Bishop of the Diocese of Antigonish addressed the “great tragedy” of Indian Residential Schools in his remarks during the Sunday afternoon mass….
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