On March 29, 1922, the shrine suffered a loss by fire. The great church, or basilica, was completely destroyed, but the sacred relics and most of the other articles of value were saved. The gilded wooden statue of Ste. Anne, high up on the roof over the door, was only slightly scorched by the blaze. It now stands in the gardens awaiting the completion of the new church. The new building has been planned on such a large scale that five years have been allowed for its construction. Meanwhile, the pilgrims worship in a temporary wooden structure. The numerous buildings that now form part of the shrine of Ste. Anne are on both sides of the village street, which is also the chief highway along the north bank of the St. Lawrence. On one side the fenced fields of the narrow French farms slope down to the river. On the other, hills rise up so steeply that they seem almost cliffs. The church and the monastery and the school of the Redemptorist Fathers, the order now in charge of the shrine, are on the river side. Across the roadway are the Memorial Chapel, the stations marking “The Way of the Cross,” the sacred stairway, and, farther up the hillside, the convent of the Franciscan Sisters. [Illustration: In the province of Quebec nine tenths of the people are French-speaking Catholics. Every village supports a large church, every house contains a picture of the Virgin Mary, and every road has its wayside shrine.] [Illustration: In the heart of the business and financial districts of Montreal is the Place d’Armes, once the site of a stockade and the scene of Indian fights. There stands the church of Notre Dame, one of the largest in all America.] One of the Redemptorists, the Director of Pilgrimages, told me much that was interesting about Ste. Anne and her shrine. He gave me also a copy of the Order’s advice on “how to make a good pilgrimage.” This booklet urges the pilgrim to hear Holy Mass as soon as possible. It says that “the greatest number of miraculous cures or favours are obtained at the Shrine after a fervent Communion.” “After Holy Communion,” the Order’s advices continue, “the act most agreeable to Sainte Anne and the one most calculated to gain her favours, is the veneration of her relic.”