Father William Langan and the parishioners of St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Little Meadows, Pennsylvania, last month dedicated a statue of St. Ann which was donated to their church. The statue, which depicts St. Ann with her daughter Mary, was given to the church by Vivian Silvestri of Endicott in memory of her husband Fred and son Mark. The Silvestris frequently attended Mass at St. Thomas Church when they visited their cottage at a lake in Little Meadows.

The statue, which is over 100 years old, was previously owned by the District Office of the Fraternity of St. Peter at Elmherst, Pennsylvania. Vivian Silvestri paid for the statue and the restoration work which was done by Robert Ritter Beck of Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania, who specializes in statue and painting restoration.

St. Ann, mother of Mary and the grandmother of Jesus, is the patron saint of grandmothers.