July 26 - Today is the feast of Saints Joachim and Anne

SAINT JOACHIM and SAINT ANNE Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial

These names are given to the mother and father of the Blessed Virgin by a tradition dating back to the second century.

As St John Damascene wrote: "Joachim and Ann, how blessed a couple! All creation is indebted to you. For at your hands the Creator was offered a gift excelling all other gifts: a chaste mother, who alone was worthy of him."