CNA, Perry West: A young Catholic artist has drawn an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary on her parents’ driveway bringing religious art to her local community during the quarantine. More here with pictures.
Tag Archives: Our Lady of Lourdes
Interview With the Church’s Official Doctor at Lourdes
The Catholic World Report, Father Sean Connolly: With humility and good humor, Dr. Alessandro de Franciscis—a practicing physician for more than 30 years—refers to himself as a “useless” doctor. Why would that be? Because in 2009, he was appointed by … Continue reading
Lourdes: The Miraculous Cure of Jack Traynor
The Faith, the Family, the Future, Father Patrick O’Connor: On Friday morning, September 10th, 1937, I came face to face with a miracle. The meeting place was a bustling railway station in France. There was no mistaking the miracle, as … Continue reading
Miracle: Deaf Girl’s Hearing Restored at Lourdes
The Eponymous Flower: (Paris) She was born deaf. This past May 11 shortly before 20:30 she took off her prosthesis and said to her mother: “I no longer need this. I hear now.” We’re talking about a little girl who was staying with … Continue reading
Story of Agnostic Scientist Who Converted Long After Witnessing Lourdes Miracle
ChurchPop: Alexis Carrel was born into a Catholic family in a small town in France in 1873. He attended Mass regularly and went to Catholic schools run by Jesuits. Unfortunately, by the time he went to college he was an agnostic. He … Continue reading
12,000 Military Personnel from 36 Nations Came to Pray at Lourdes
CNS: It looked like any other military parade with bands playing, flags waving and thousands of men and women marching in colorful uniforms decorated with medals and ribbons. But instead of impressive displays of tanks and trucks, troops from dozens of … Continue reading
Lourdes: ‘If Miracles Can Happen, Let Them’ Recounted by a Jewish Author
Today is the glorious feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes. It is also the occasion for the Mother of God revealing in 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous, a very poor fourteen-year-old peasant from Lourdes, France, her unique grace as “The … Continue reading
Flood Damage at Lourdes May Close Shrine for Months
Catholic Herald. co.uk.: Work crews rushed to clear mud and remove debris after a massive flood inundated sections of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes so that tourists could return to the popular pilgrimage site. Much of the pilgrimage site … Continue reading
Floods Hit Lourdes Area, Grotto Under Five Feet of Water
Catholic Herald: Flash flooding caused by heavy rains has forced officials to close the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes. Authorities evacuated about 200 people, most of them from camping grounds near the shrine, after water levels rose quickly following heavy rain … Continue reading
Faith and Miracles
With his Apostolic Letter of October 11, 2011, Porta Fidei, Pope Benedict XVI declared that a “Year of Faith” will begin on October 11, 2012, and conclude on November 24, 2013. October 11, is the feast of the Divine Maternity. … Continue reading
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Yesterday, April 16, was the feast day of Saint Bernadette on the new calendar. This was the day that she died, her birthday into heaven. The old feast day for this most blessed saint was the eighteenth of February, for … Continue reading
More Than 10,000 Vietnamese Visit Marian Shrine On Our Lady of Lourdes Feast
AsiaNews: More than ten thousand pilgrims visited the Marian shrine of Our Lady of Tapao, in the diocese of Phan Thiet on 11 February, to celebrate with a solemn liturgy the World Day of the Sick and pray for the … Continue reading
Survivors of Terrorist Attack on Baghdad Cathedral Make Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Expatica.com: “We came to pray to the Holy Virgin, who is our mother. We keep the hope that she can heal us and give us peace, in Iraq and everywhere,” said Raphael Kutaimi, rector of the Baghdad cathedral and sole … Continue reading
