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42-436: The name of the colony and first mission of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Falher was chosen on June 1, 1912 by the first party of settlers, accompanied by Fathers Constant Falher and Jean-Baptiste Henri Giroux. During a gathering for prayer, Giroux suggested the name “Saint-Constant de Falher,” which was met with protests by Fr. Falher. The group settled on the name by combining Giroux’s first name and Fr. Falher’s family name. The surname

84-416: A -2.6% change from its 2011 population of 1,075. With a land area of 2.78 km (1.07 sq mi), it had a population density of 376.6/km (975.4/sq mi) in 2016. The principal industries in the area are agriculture , forestry , oil and gas. Established in 1973 as a private business, Falher Alfalfa (an alfalfa processing facility) was sold to a group of producers and farmers in 1978 with

126-703: A church in Constantinople in her honor. The earliest pictorial sign of her veneration in the West is an eighth-century fresco in the church of Santa Maria Antiqua , Rome. The Feast of the Conception of the Virgin Mary had reached southern Italy by the ninth century. In the Latin Church St. Anne was not venerated, except, perhaps, in the south of France, before the thirteenth century. A shrine at Douai, in northern France,

168-527: A large honey bee statue, as Falher is known as "Honey Capital of Canada". The statue was built by local welder, Richard Ethier and it measures 22 feet 8 inches (6.91 m), and its diameter is 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m). The Falher Recreational Complex boasts a hockey arena, a private gym and a curling rink. The arena is home to the Falher Pirates , a team within the East Division of

210-578: A maritime saint, protecting sailors and fisherman, and invoked against storms. Two well-known shrines to St. Anne are that of Ste-Anne-d'Auray in Brittany, France; and that of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré near the city of Québec. The number of visitors to the Basilica of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré is greatest on St Anne's Feast Day, 26 July, and the Sunday before Nativity of the Virgin Mary, 8 September. In 1892, Pope Leo XIII sent

252-694: A relic of St Anne to the church. In the Maltese language , the Milky Way galaxy is called It-Triq ta' Sant'Anna , literally "The Way of St. Anne" . In the United States, the Daughters of the Holy Spirit named the former Annhurst College in her honor. By the middle of the seventh century, a distinct feast day, the Conception of St. Anne (Maternity of Holy Anna) celebrating the conception of Mary by Saint Anne,

294-443: A school district and the first parish of Ste. Anne was established. The first post office opened in 1923 when the settlement became a hamlet. It incorporated as a village in 1929 and then as a town in 1955. In 1963, a celebration of the 50 year anniversary of the settlement of Falher was organized by the regional ACFA , with attendance reaching 'more than 5000'. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada ,

336-553: Is Sant'Anna dei Palafrenieri . There is a shrine dedicated to Saint Anne in the Woods in Bristol , United Kingdom. In John Everett Millais 's 1849–50 work, Christ in the House of His Parents , Anne is shown in her son-in-law Joseph's carpentry shop caring for a young Jesus who had cut his hand on a nail. She joins her daughter Mary , Joseph, and a young boy who will later become known as John

378-647: Is a door. She is often portrayed wearing red and green, representing love and life. Anne is never shown as present at the Nativity of Christ , but is frequently shown with the infant Christ in various subjects. She is sometimes believed to be depicted in scenes of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple and the Circumcision of Christ , but in the former case, this likely reflects a misidentification through confusion with Anna

420-563: Is also a minor feast in Eastern Christianity. In Lutheran Protestantism , it is held that Martin Luther chose to enter religious life as an Augustinian friar after invoking St. Anne while endangered by lightning. Anne ( Arabic : حنة بنت فاقوذ , romanized :  Ḥannah bint Faḳūdh ) is also revered in Islam , recognized as a highly spiritual woman and as the mother of Mary. She

462-522: Is governed by a mayor (Donna Buchinski) and five councillors who meet on the second Monday of each month. It is currently located in the riding of Peace River—Westlock federally. Beginning in 1970, each June, the Falher Honey Festival is held to pay tribute to the beekeeping industry which has created an impact in the Smoky River region and throughout Canada and the United States. The honey in

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504-513: Is not named in the Quran , where she is referred to as "the wife of Imran". The Quran describes her remaining childless until her old age. One day, Anne saw a bird feeding its young while sitting in the shade of a tree, which awakened her desire to have children of her own. She prayed for a child and eventually conceived; her husband, Imran , died before the child was born. Expecting the child to be male, Anne vowed to dedicate him to isolation and service in

546-609: Is the apocryphal Gospel of James , first written in Koine Greek around the middle of the second century AD. In the West, the Gospel of James fell under a cloud in the fourth and fifth centuries when it was accused of "absurdities" by Jerome and condemned as untrustworthy by Pope Damasus I , Pope Innocent I , and Pope Gelasius I . However, despite having been condemned by the Church, it was taken over almost in toto by another apocryphal work,

588-505: Is ultimately derived from Breton falc’her (cognate with French faucher ) meaning “scytheman.” When the mission was officially elevated to a parish by Bishop Émile Grouard on June 14, 1917, he chose to erect it under the patronage of Saint Anne as there was already a mission named Saint-Jean-Baptiste in present-day Fort McMurray , built a year prior to that in Falher. The settlements of Falher, Donnelly and Girouxville were referred to by

630-568: The Catholic Encyclopedia (1907) regards this genealogy as spurious. In the fourth century and then much later in the fifteenth century, a belief arose that Mary was conceived of Anne without original sin . This belief in the Immaculate Conception states that God preserved Mary's body and soul intact and sinless from her first moment of existence, through the merits of Jesus Christ. The Immaculate Conception, often confused with

672-694: The Annunciation of the Incarnation (Mary's virgin birth of Jesus), was made dogma in the Catholic church by Pope Pius IX 's papal bull , Ineffabilis Deus , in 1854. The thirteenth century Speculum Maius of Vincent of Beauvais incorporates information regarding the life of Saint Anne from an earlier work by Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim Abbey. In the Eastern church, the veneration of Anne herself may go back as far as c.  550 , when Justinian built

714-666: The Catholic Church following an increased devotion to Anne in the twelfth century. Dedications to Anne in Eastern Christianity occur as early as the sixth century. In the Eastern Orthodox tradition , Anne and Joachim are ascribed the title Ancestors of God , and both the Nativity of Mary and the Presentation of Mary are celebrated as two of the twelve Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church . The Dormition of Anne

756-513: The Conservative Party of Canada realistically expects to win, and this is one of them. However, the northern portion of the riding is less strongly conservative than the rest, with pockets of support for the NDP . Historically, this riding has been always right-leaning, with support beginning toward the old Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, shifting toward the right-populist Reform Party after

798-604: The Cree jointly as umstosee owuskee , meaning “Frenchman’s Land.” J. Fromhold provides the alternate Cree name of mistik asissw owaski to Falher and Donnelley, literally “Little Stick House" (in reference to the mission church), the Cree supposedly identifying the French as the mistik asis iniw or “Little Stick People.” The area was known to missionaries before it was surveyed in 1909 as an Indian trail that led to British Columbia and where

840-499: The Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway later laid its tracks. In 1912, the settlement of Mission Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Falher was opened 5 km (3.1 mi) from the current location of the Town of Falher. When the railway came to the area in 1915, the settlement was named after Father Constant Falher (March 29, 1863 – March 18, 1939), a Roman Catholic Oblate missionary who

882-495: The Gospel of James (written perhaps around 150 AD) seems to be the earliest that mentions them. The mother of Mary is mentioned but not named in the Quran . The story is similar to that of Samuel , whose mother Hannah ( Hebrew : חַנָּה ‎ Ḥannāh "favour, grace"; etymologically the same name as Anne) had also been childless. The Immaculate Conception was eventually made dogma by

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924-405: The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew , which popularised most of its stories. Ancient belief, attested to by a sermon of John of Damascus , was that Anne married once. The sister of Saint Anne was Sobe , mother of Elizabeth . In the fifteenth century, the Catholic cleric Johann Eck related in a sermon that St Anne's parents were named Stollanus and Emerentia . Frederick George Holweck , writing in

966-712: The North Peace Hockey League . There are two public schools in Falher: Falher is home to a French-language community radio station, CKRP-FM , which has operated since 1996, and is today branded as Nord-Ouest FM. As a Franco-Albertan community, Falher has been served by numerous French-language newspapers since its foundation. These include the official publications of the ACFA : La survivance (1928-1967) and its successors, Le franco-albertain (1967-1979), and Le franco (1979 onwards) . Since 1966, it has been served by

1008-536: The Second Temple . However, Anne bore a daughter instead, and named her Mary. Her words upon delivering Mary reflect her status as a great mystic , realising that while she had wanted a son, this daughter was God's gift to her: When she delivered, she said, “My Lord! I have given birth to a girl,”—and Allah fully knew what she had delivered—“and the male is not like the female. I have named her Mary, and I seek Your protection for her and her offspring from Satan,

1050-658: The Baptist in caring for the injured hand of Jesus. The subject of Joachim and Anne The Meeting at the Golden Gate was a regular component of artistic cycles of the Life of the Virgin . The couple meet at the Golden Gate of Jerusalem and embrace. They are aware of Anne's pregnancy, of which they have been separately informed by an archangel. This moment stood for the conception of Mary, and

1092-546: The English-language weekly newspaper, The Smoky River Express . Saint Anne According to apocrypha , as well as Christian and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary , the wife of Joachim and the maternal grandmother of Jesus . Mary's mother is not named in the Bible's canonical gospels . In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come only from New Testament apocrypha , of which

1134-612: The Prophetess . There was a tradition that Anne went (separately) to Egypt and rejoined the Holy Family after their Flight to Egypt . Anne is not seen with the adult Christ, so was regarded as having died during the youth of Jesus. Anne is also shown as the matriarch of the Holy Kinship , the extended family of Jesus, a popular subject in late medieval Germany; some versions of these pictorial and sculptural depictions include Emerentia who

1176-557: The Scriptures (see gallery below). Peace River%E2%80%94Westlock Peace River—Westlock is a federal electoral district in Alberta , Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. Peace River—Westlock was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon

1218-443: The Town of Falher had a population of 1,001 living in 408 of its 474 total private dwellings, a change of -4.4% from its 2016 population of 1,047. With a land area of 2.83 km (1.09 sq mi), it had a population density of 353.7/km (916.1/sq mi) in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Falher recorded a population of 1,047 living in 450 of its 482 total private dwellings,

1260-474: The accursed.” So her Lord accepted her graciously and blessed her with a pleasant upbringing—entrusting her to the care of Zachariah... Although the canonical books of the New Testament never mention the mother of the Virgin Mary, traditions about her family, childhood, education, and eventual betrothal to Joseph developed very early in the history of the church. The oldest and most influential source for these

1302-479: The area is derived largely from clover seed operations. At its peak, more than 48,000 hives in the region produced 10 million pounds (4,500 t) of honey annually. Falher attracted national attention in 2006 due to its high standing in the "Kraft Hockeyville " contest, a coast-to-coast competition to elect the municipality that most embodies the spirit of Canada's national pastime. Main Street Falher includes

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1344-518: The call of the 42nd Canadian federal election , scheduled for October 19, 2015. It was created out of parts of Peace River , Fort McMurray—Athabasca , Yellowhead , and Westlock—St. Paul . Conservative Arnold Viersen, a former mechanic, has been the riding's MP since 2015. This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada : This riding is a typical conservative stronghold riding. There are several ridings in Alberta that

1386-584: The church of St. Sophia as late as 1333. During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, returning crusaders and pilgrims from the East brought relics of Anne to a number of churches, including most famously those at Apt, in Provence, Ghent, and Chartres. St. Anne's relics have been preserved and venerated in the many cathedrals and monasteries dedicated to her name, for example in Austria , Canada, Germany, Italy, and Greece in

1428-522: The feast was celebrated on the same day as the Immaculate Conception . Art works representing the Golden Gate and the events leading up to it were influenced by the narrative in the widely read Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine. The Birth of Mary , the Presentation of Mary and the Marriage of the Virgin were usual components of cycles of the Life of the Virgin in which Anne is normally shown here. Her emblem

1470-1257: The patron of miners arises from the medieval comparison between Mary and Christ and the precious metals silver and gold. Anne's womb was considered the source from which these precious metals were mined. She is also the patron saint of: Brittany ( France ), Cuenca ( Ecuador ), Chinandega ( Nicaragua ), the Mi'kmaq people of Canada , Castelbuono (Sicily), Quebec ( Canada ), Santa Ana ( California ), Norwich ( Connecticut ), Detroit ( Michigan ), Adjuntas ( Puerto Rico ), Santa Ana and Jucuarán ( El Salvador ), Berlin ( New Hampshire ), Santa Ana Pueblo , Seama , and Taos ( New Mexico ), Chiclana de la Frontera , Marsaskala , Tudela and Fasnia ( Spain ), Town of Sta Ana Province of Pampanga , Molo, Iloilo City , Balasan, Iloilo , Hagonoy , Santa Ana, Taguig City , Saint Anne Shrine , Malicboy, Pagbilao , Quezon and Malinao, Albay ( Philippines ), Santana ( Brazil ), Saint Anne ( Illinois ), Sainte Anne Island, Baie Sainte Anne and Praslin Island ( Seychelles ), Bukit Mertajam and Port Klang ( Malaysia ), Kľúčové ( Slovakia ) and South Vietnam . The parish church of Vatican City

1512-612: The same company. Under normal circumstances, Falher Alfalfa employed a staff of about 35 full-time employees in the spring and 110 at the busiest time of the season. Falher Alfalfa went under the Company Creditor Arrangement Act in June 2007, protecting the company against any legal action taken by creditors and gave the company a chance to sell its product to be able to repay creditors. In spring 2008, Falher Alfalfa declared bankruptcy due to production costs. The Town of Falher

1554-522: The semi-autonomous Mount Athos , and the city of Katerini. Medieval and baroque craftsmanship is evidenced in, for example, the metalwork of the life-size reliquaries containing the bones of her forearm. Examples employing folk art techniques are also known. Düren has been the main place of pilgrimage for Anne since 1506, when Pope Julius II decreed that her relics should be kept there. The Church of Saint Anne in Beit Guvrin National Park

1596-611: Was born in Josselin , France , arriving at Grouard in 1889. The origin of the majority of local colonizers were from Quebec ; some arriving in the area via the United States of America (French American), such as Robert Goulet 's family, who settled in Girouxville . The colony was divided into two: what is now the Village of Donnelly and the Town of Falher. In 1919, the town consolidated

1638-594: Was built by the Byzantines and the Crusaders in the twelfth century, known in Arabic as Khirbet (lit. "ruin") Sandahanna, the mound of Maresha being called Tell Sandahanna. Saint Anne is patroness of unmarried women, housewives, women in labor or who want to be pregnant, grandmothers, mothers and educators. She is also a patroness of horseback riders, cabinet-makers and miners. As the mother of Mary, this devotion to Saint Anne as

1680-749: Was observed at the Monastery of Saint Sabas . It is now known in the Greek Orthodox Church as the feast of " The Conception by St. Anne of the Most Holy Theotokos ", and celebrated on 9 December. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Feast of Saints Anne and Joachim is celebrated on 26 July. The alleged relics of St. Anne were brought from the Holy Land to Constantinople in 710 and were kept there in

1722-518: Was one of the early centers of devotion to St. Anne in the West. The Anna Selbdritt was a type of iconography depicting the three generations of Saint Anne, Mary, and the child Jesus. Emphasizing the humanity of Jesus, it drew on the earlier conventions of the Seat of Wisdom , and was popular in northern Germany in the 1500s. During the High Middle Ages, Saint Anne became increasingly identified as

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1764-505: Was reputed in the fifteenth century to be Anne's mother. In modern devotions, Anne and her husband are invoked for protection for the unborn. The role of the Messiah's grandparents in salvation history was commonly depicted in early medieval devotional art in a vertical double-Madonna arrangement known as the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne . Another typical subject has Anne teaching the Virgin Mary

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