The first of 18 apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes to 14-year-old St. Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France, happened on this day in history, Feb. 11, 1858.

In Lourdes, France, in 1844 a baby girl named Bernadette Soubirous was born.  Bernadette’s family was very poor, and Bernadette was responsible for looking after and caring for her brothers ...

Lourdes and St. Bernardette Soubirous. Sunday, July 06, 2025. ... and after receiving communion on the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Bernadette felt an irresistible urge to return to the Grotto.

People stand by a shrine containing a relic of St. Bernadette Soubirous’ bones in the basilica of Maastricht on April 1, 2024, during Mass marking the start of the relic’s tour of the Netherlands.

According to Catholic Lore, in 1858, a mysterious woman appeared in this grotto to Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year-old peasant girl. Jean-Marc Micas, the bishop of Lourdes, says the woman spoke ...

Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center hosted the St. Bernadette Soubirous relics Thursday morning in an event that was intended to honor the 19 th century saint and patron of the healthcare facility.

There would be none of this, were it not for Saint Bernadette. According to Catholic Lore, in 1858, a mysterious woman appeared in this grotto to Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year-old peasant girl.

Bernadette Soubirous, who was canonised in 1933, claimed to see a vision of a lady in white 18 times between 11 February and 16 July 1858 as she picked firewood by the River Gave at Lourdes - a ...

The relics of Bernadette Soubirous are due to arrive at the city's Catholic cathedral. ... "I'm very excited that the relics of St Bernadette of Lourdes, to whom Our Lady appeared 18 times, ...

St Bernadette witnessed 18 apparitions of Our Lady at Lourdes in 1858, with a shrine at the site now attracting huge numbers of pilgrims every year. Veneration will be between 6am and 12 noon on ...

Our Lady is said to have appeared 18 times to the young girl named Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France, in 1858. Born at foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains in 1844, Bernadette died in 1879 ...