In upscale Santa Monica, Latinos keep devotion to St. Anne alive

The corner of Colorado Avenue and 20th Street in Santa Monica is not where you’d expect to find the largest outdoor Catholic shrine in Los Angeles County.

This is the heart of “Silicon Beach,” where sleek new buildings contain creative design studios, film, and music production offices, and million-dollar condos. Juice bars and brunch spots are steps away, and a big craft brewery across the street fills up in the evenings.

But long before any of that was here, the grotto-like space behind St. Anne Church has drawn Catholics — both English and Spanish-speaking — with a devotion to the saint who was the Virgin Mary’s mother.

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