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Sep 3, 2024 · Lourdes is a pilgrimage town in southwestern France, where Bernadette Soubirous had visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858. Learn about its geography, history, and culture from Britannica's editors.
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2 days ago · On Feb. 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. In Lourdes, France, in 1858, thirteen-year-old Bernadette Soubirous was collecting pieces of wood as part of her daily chores when she noticed a startling wind and rustling sound. The noise came from a nearby grotto.
Sep 3, 2024 · St. Bernadette of Lourdes (born January 7, 1844, Lourdes, France—died April 16, 1879, Nevers; canonized December 8, 1933; feast day April 16, but sometimes February 18 in France) was a French saint whose visions led to the founding of the Marian shrine of Lourdes.
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- St. Bernadette of Lourdes was a French nun who lived in the 1800s. As a young teenager, she had a series of visions of the Virgin Mary in the Massa...
- Despite opposition, St. Bernadette of Lourdes staunchly defended her visions of Mary, and Pope Pius IX authenticated them in 1862. The veneration o...
- Bernadette was the eldest of nine children from a poverty-stricken family. Frail in health, she survived cholera at age 10 and suffered from asthma...
- St. Bernadette of Lourdes died of tuberculosis at age 35.
Sep 2, 2024 · More than a year ago, as we began to emerge from the Covid nightmare, I commissioned a new healing Mass for the World Day of the Sick in honor Our Lady of Lourdes from the Benedict XVI Institute’s composer-in-residence Frank La Rocca.
5 days ago · The Grotto at Lourdes once again open to the public. Thanks to the mobilization of the teams at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Grotto has been cleaned and reopened to pilgrims, following the floods that occurred today, Saturday September 7, 2024.
3 days ago · Flash flooding temporarily closes Lourdes' grotto - Catholic Courier. After river flooding had forced the temporary closure of the famous grotto at the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France Sept. 7, 2024, the grotto was cleaned and was reopened, with no pilgrimages canceled. Flooded grotto is seen on screenshot of the sanctuary's ...
4 days ago · Approximately 450 pilgrims to the Lourdes shrine in France were evacuated after heavy rainfall caused flooding, submerging the popular pilgrimage site. Hundreds of pilgrims to the famous Lourdes ...
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