Those who visit the chapel of the Our Lady of Lourdes shrine in the city of Alta Gracia in Córdoba province, Argentina, ...

COMMENTARY: After the Blessed Mother appeared to her in 1858, the French peasant girl sought simple religious life 400 miles ...

Certain images and stories of the Virgin Mary are so powerful ... The Massabielle Grotto has been the font of Lourdes’s fame since 1858, when Mary is said to have appeared before a teenage ...

Blessed be the Holy and Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. Mother, have mercy on us. Our Lady of Lourdes, heal us for the greater ...

and honors the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother, St. Anne, without original sin. February 11 is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, the date of the first appearance of Our Lady to Bernadette ...

an image of the Virgin Mary can be seen although without a doubt the space is empty — there is nothing there. The image of the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes that is seen but is not there.