The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes commemorates the first of 18 appearances of the Virgin Mary to a 14-year-old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous. The young girl's visions occurred between February 11 and July 16, 1858, near the town of Lourdes. The Virgin led her to a nearby grotto, and the …
11 th of February, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. On this day, we celebrate and honor the Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Bernadette Soubirous, the first of which took place on 11 February 1858.
The final apparition (the eighteenth apparition) took place on July16th, feast of Our Lady of Carmel: As Lane points out: “The people of Lourdes have always cherished a special devotion to this feast. Perhaps that is why Our Lady chose it for Her final visit.” Our Lady of Lourdes, Pray for us.
(Collect Prayer from the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes) from Saints and Feast Days , by Sisters of Notre Dame of Chardon, Ohio Image credit: Bernadette Soubirous When A Child by unknown artist, 1858.
The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes became worldwide in 1907. Lourdes has become a place of pilgrimage and healing, but even more of faith. Church authorities have recognized over 60 miraculous cures, although there have probably been many more.
The Story of Our Lady of Lourdes. On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in the apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus. A little more than three years later, on February 11, 1858, a young lady appeared to Bernadette Soubirous. This began a series of visions.
Monday, 11 th February, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes 9.00 am Holy Mass in English (Saints Cosmas and Damian) or 10.00 am International Mass (Basilica Saint Pius X) (to obtain seats, please arrive at least 30 minutes early)
He also proclaimed February 11, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, as World Day of the Sick. Lourdes and St. Bernadette also figure prominently in the life of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. He was born on St. Bernadette’s feast day of April 16 in 1927.
160th Apparition Anniversary and Feast Day, February 11, 2018. Pictures of Lourdes and Bernadette at bottom of this page. … Prayers & Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes.
Our Lady of Lourdes is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in honour of the Marian apparitions that reportedly occurred in 1858 in the vicinity of Lourdes in France.
I hereby dedicate this new Song of “Blessings” to Our Holy Lady of Lourdes today – celebrating the Feast of Her Apparition on February 11, 1858 to St. Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France, for this sake I converted from a communist dog once to a convicted believer in Jesus Christ in 2001.
The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes commemorates the first of 18 appearances of the Virgin Mary to a 14-year-old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous. The young girl's visions occurred between February 11 and July 16, 1858, near the town of Lourdes. The Virgin led her to a nearby grotto, and the …
Celebrating The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes & World Day of the Sick 02/09/2018 One hundred and sixty years ago, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared on eighteen occasions to Bernadette Soubirous, a very poor, 14-year-old girl, in a cave situated just outside the Village of Lourdes.
Our Lady of Lourdes is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in honour of the Marian apparitions that reportedly occurred in 1858 in the vicinity of Lourdes in France.
160th Apparition Anniversary and Feast Day, February 11, 2018. Pictures of Lourdes and Bernadette at bottom of this page. … Prayers & Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes.
He also proclaimed February 11, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, as World Day of the Sick. Lourdes and St. Bernadette also figure prominently in the life of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. He was born on St. Bernadette’s feast day of April 16 in 1927.
Today, February 11 is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes. The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes marks the observance of the World Day of the Sick. This celebration is a reminder to pray for the sick and to recognize for all those who work in health care and serve as caregivers.
In Catholic tradition a novena is nine days of prayer in preparation for a feast day. So the Novena to St. Anne continues for nine days (17 to 25 July) in preparation for the Feast of Saints Anne and Joachim on July 26th.
February 11 is the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes, one of the most famous apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary that took place in southern France. On this day in 1858 a young, poor girl named Bernadette Soubirous was out collecting firewood with her sister and another friend near a grotto when …
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