Feast day (July26) to the Parents of our Blessed Mother Mary and the Grandparents of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, pray for us.

Saint Joachim Father of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary († ca. 7 B.C.) Saint Joachim O.D.M. pinxit Joachim, of the tribe of Juda and the family of David, was a shepherd of Nazareth. Stolanus, father of Saint Anne, gave him his pious daughter in marriage. The two spouses lived in