St. Anne Shrine is a historic local landmark located at the intersection of South Main and Middle streets in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Monsignor Adrien de Montaubricq, the first pastor of Saint Anne's parish was injured when staging collapsed during the blessing of the cornerstone of the "old" Hope Street Church.

Since that time an annual Novena to Saint Anne was held to prepare the parish for her Feast Day on July 26.

Pilgrims began to flock to the shrine from all over the region to hear sermons from various priests, attend novena and healing services, and to venerate the first class relics of Saint Anne.

During these healing services, pilgrims would come with canes, crutches, wheelchairs, and other maladies seeking the intercession of Good Saint Anne.

Many of these individuals would return to the shrine as instructed this time "healed" and would leave their crutches, canes, and wheelchairs as a token of thanksgiving to Saint Anne.

These crutches to this day are still on display at the shrine for pilgrims to bear witness to the healing power of Saint Anne.

The Dominican Friars who ran the shrine for over 90 years felt it was extremely important to document such healings.

[5] On October 15, 2018, Bishop Edgar da Cunha announced that St. Anne's would close as a parish church on the Feast of Christ the King, November 25, 2018.

[6] The Saint Anne's Shrine Preservation Society, a registered non-profit charitable organization, through negotiations with the Diocese of Fall River, signed a 10-year lease for the property on July 1, 2019.

[2] On July 26, 2019, hundreds of people attended the Feast of Saint Anne, celebrated by Bishop Edgar daCunha, ordinary of the diocese, in the church's lower shrine in its first Mass since the closure.

There is the capacity to hold over 3,000 wax votive candles that are strategically placed around the various side chapels and oratories.