St. Ann - St. Ann Catholic Church - Clover Bottom, MO
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N 38° 30.201 W 091° 07.123
15S E 664042 N 4263342
This statue of St. Ann is in a niche high up on the bell tower.
Waymark Code: WM14G04
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2021
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County of church: Franklin County
Location of church: State Hwy YY & State Hwy AJ, Clover Bottom
Phone: 636-239-3222
Pastor: Rev. Carl Scheble
Architectural Style: Gothic Revival
The statue of St. Ann is high up in a niche in the bell tower. She has a shawl over her head and wrapped around her shoulders, her hands are folded, praying.
Roman Catholic Spelling of the name is St. Ann; the Islamic spelling of the name is St. Anne
"According to apocryphal Christian and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come only from New Testament apocrypha, of which the Gospel of James (written perhaps around 150) seems to be the earliest that mentions them. The mother of Mary is mentioned but not named in the Quran." ~ Wikipedia
"Originally, St. Gertrude Parish would include what is now the parish of St. Ann, Clover Bottom. Beginning in the 1870’s, land was offered for the establishment of a Catholic Church and/or School at Clover Bottom for the Polish immigrants. In 1899, St. Ann was established as a separate parish." ~ St. Gertrude
"Saint Ann Church, in Clover Bottom, Missouri. This rural community is in Franklin County, about six or so miles southwest from the nearest town, Washington, and about 59 highway miles west of downtown Saint Louis, Missouri.
"The church's patroness, Saint Ann, is Mary's mother.
"According to one source, "The community was named for the fields of clover Jesuit missionaries found here." ~ Rome of the West