St. Ann Catholic Church in Smithfield, NC is located southeast of Raleigh, just off I-95. It looks like a newer church. The artwork depiction behind and around the altar are pretty.
St. Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary. She is one of the patron saints of Brittany and Canada and of women in labour. As the grandparents of Jesus, St. Anne and her husband St. Joachim are also considered the patron saints of grandparents; their feast day is celebrated on July 26.
According to Anne (Hebrew: Ḥannah) was born in Bethlehem in Judaea. She married Joachim, and they shared a wealthy and devout life at Nazareth. Grieved by her barrenness, Anne promised God that she would dedicate her firstborn child to the Lord’s service. The couple then received a vision of an angel, who announced that Anne would conceive and bear a most wondrous child, Mary. When the child was three years old, Joachim and Anne, in fulfillment of her divine promise, brought Mary to the Temple of Jerusalem, where they left her to be brought up.
