\u0027I can’t even think how I’m gonna feel when Pope Francis comes through in a shrine, I’m going to be inside the shrine with the Pope, I can’t even think about…
“I feel a lot of emotion because I never ever thought Pope Francis would come here,” said Kootenayoo, holding back tears.
Kootenayoo and her husband have been attending the pilgrimage for more than 60 years and her husband, Ken, said he doesn’t have the words to explain what this visit means to him. Father Gary LaBoucane, spiritual adviser for the Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage, said he was shocked when the Pope announced he would come to Lac Ste. Anne and he is looking forward to praying with him.
The papal visit is bringing people across Canada to Alberta. Joseph Zoe was at the pilgrimage grounds on Wednesday afternoon blessing the water ahead of the Pope’s arrival. Zoe and his wife Violet drove 16 hours from Behchoko in the Northwest Territories for the Holy Father’s visit at Lac Ste. Anne.Article contentJoseph Zoe, who traveled from the Northwest Territories, leaves an offering of tobacco and oil at the Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage site near Alberta Beach on Wednesday, July 20, 2022.
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