{"id":7272,"date":"2024-07-26T09:56:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T09:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/lessons-from-sts-anne-and-joachim-for-couples-facing-infertility\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T09:56:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T09:56:17","slug":"lessons-from-sts-anne-and-joachim-for-couples-facing-infertility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/lessons-from-sts-anne-and-joachim-for-couples-facing-infertility\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessen van de H.H. Anna en Joachim voor echtparen die met onvruchtbaarheid kampen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] Source A painting of St. Joachim, the little Virgin Mary, and St. Anne in the Church of San Francesco in Reggio Emilia, Italy. \/ Credit: Renata Sedmakova\/Shutterstock Many couples today face childlessness and infertility, but they are far from the first. Sts. Anne and Joachim, whose feast day is July 26, are known as the grandparents of Jesus and the parents of Mary. They, too, struggled with childlessness for decades, according to Christian legend. As the story goes, Anne\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Source A painting of St. Joachim, the little Virgin Mary, and St. Anne in the Church of San Francesco in Reggio Emilia, Italy. \/ Credit: Renata Sedmakova\/Shutterstock Many couples today face childlessness and infertility, but they are far from the first. Sts. Anne and Joachim, whose feast day is July 26, are known as the grandparents of Jesus and the parents of Mary. They, too, struggled with childlessness for decades, according to Christian legend. As the story goes, Anne\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-7272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9772,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/the-nativity-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary\/","url_meta":{"origin":7272,"position":0},"title":"The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"september 8, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast date: Sep 08 The Catholic Church celebrates today the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on its traditional fixed date of September 8, nine months after the December 8 celebration of her Immaculate Conception as the child of Saints Joachim and Anne.The circumstances of the Virgin Mary's infancy and early life are not directly recorded in the Bible, but other documents and traditions describing the circumstances of her birth are cited\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1725817929_Nativity_8September.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1725817929_Nativity_8September.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1725817929_Nativity_8September.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/1725817929_Nativity_8September.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7311,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/5-saints-who-were-grandparents\/","url_meta":{"origin":7272,"position":1},"title":"5 saints who were grandparents\u00c2\u00a0","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"februari 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Source From left to right: St. Thomas More, St. Helena, St. Louis IX, St. Monica, and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. \/ Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain CNA Newsroom, Jul 28, 2024 \/ 04:29 am (CNA). 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The date of the celebration was chosen so that it would fall near the feast day of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722161891_grandparentsaints.png?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722161891_grandparentsaints.png?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722161891_grandparentsaints.png?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722161891_grandparentsaints.png?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1722161891_grandparentsaints.png?fit=1200%2C686&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":69932,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/what-do-we-know-about-the-presentation-of-mary\/","url_meta":{"origin":7272,"position":2},"title":"What do we know about the presentation of Mary?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"december 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Alessandro Allori, \u201cThe Presentation of Mary,\u201d 1598. \/ Credit: Public domain National Catholic Register, Nov 21, 2025 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). It\u2019s easy to conceptualize the presentation of the Lord because we find it in Scripture. Luke\u2019s Gospel tells of the Holy Family\u2019s journey to the Temple when Jesus was 8 days old. According to Jewish custom, Jesus was to be circumcised and Mary purified. There Mary and Joseph meet the prophets Anna and Simeon, who recognized the child as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"What do we know about the presentation of Mary?","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/What-do-we-know-about-the-presentation-of-Mary.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/What-do-we-know-about-the-presentation-of-Mary.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/What-do-we-know-about-the-presentation-of-Mary.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/What-do-we-know-about-the-presentation-of-Mary.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/What-do-we-know-about-the-presentation-of-Mary.png?fit=1200%2C335&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20748,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/feast-of-the-presentation-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary\/","url_meta":{"origin":7272,"position":3},"title":"Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"november 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast date: Nov 21 The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated annually on November 21st, commemorates the presentation of the Blessed Virgin as a child by her parents in the Temple in Jerusalem. Before Mary's birth, her parents received a heavenly message that they would bear a child. In thanksgiving for the God's gift of Mary's birth, they brought her to the Temple to consecrate their\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1732170658_presentation.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1732170658_presentation.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1732170658_presentation.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1732170658_presentation.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":70060,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/report-links-rising-childlessness-to-abortion-amid-record-low-fertility-in-england-wales\/","url_meta":{"origin":7272,"position":4},"title":"Report links rising childlessness to abortion amid record-low fertility in England, Wales","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"november 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Kevin Duffy&#039;\u2019s analysis of ONS conceptions data over the 10 years to 2022 illustrates that approximately half of women who have not had a child by the age of 30 would not have been childless without abortion in the years before this. Duffy says: \u201cFor these women it was a decision upon becoming pregnant, not to continue into motherhood at that time, for a whole myriad of reasons.\u201d \/ Credit: Courtesy of Kevin Duffy London, England, Nov 22, 2025 \/\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Report links rising childlessness to abortion amid record-low fertility in England, Wales","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Report-links-rising-childlessness-to-abortion-amid-record-low-fertility-in-England-Wales.webp?fit=800%2C497&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Report-links-rising-childlessness-to-abortion-amid-record-low-fertility-in-England-Wales.webp?fit=800%2C497&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Report-links-rising-childlessness-to-abortion-amid-record-low-fertility-in-England-Wales.webp?fit=800%2C497&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Report-links-rising-childlessness-to-abortion-amid-record-low-fertility-in-England-Wales.webp?fit=800%2C497&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":97237,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/ann-teresa-oneill-healed-in-seton-canonization-miracle-dies-at-78\/","url_meta":{"origin":7272,"position":5},"title":"Ann Teresa O\u2019Neill, healed in Seton canonization miracle, dies at 78","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"juli 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Ann Teresa O\u2019Neill, whose confirmed miracle led to the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, died on July 17 at age 78.O\u2019Neill, of Easton, Maryland, had leukemia as a child, and her cure was accepted for Seton\u2019s path to sainthood in 1975.Archbishop William E. 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