Folk Art Retablo Saint Anne Santa Ana Grandmothers Mother Child Relations Unmarried Women Women in Labor Educators Miners Garlick St. Brigid Teresa of Avila

Teresa of Avila

Mother of our Savior

" The Christogram IHS appears prominently on the cross

help and protection on all immigrants who today experience great sufferings

Folk Art Retablo Saint Anne Santa Ana Grandmothers Mother Child Relations Unmarried Women Women in Labor Educators Miners Garlick St. Brigid Teresa of AvilaTitle: "Santa Ana." St. Anne was the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. The devotion to St. Anne as the patron saint of miners arises from the medieval comparison between Mary and Christ and the precious metals silver and gold. Anne's womb was considered the source from which these precious metals were mined. St. Anne is the patron saint of grandmothers, mother and child relationships, unmarried women, women