In Lourdes, France, in 1844 a baby girl ... and after receiving communion on the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Bernadette felt an irresistible urge to return to the Grotto.

Amen. Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. Saint Bernadette, pray for us. Day One O Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, virgin and mother, queen of heaven, chosen from all eternity to be the Mother ...

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. People will be able to venerate the relics at ...

The relics will arrive in Cork on Wednesday, October 30th before moving to West Cork on October 31st and the Diocese says ...

It was there that Bernadette heard a sound “like a gust of wind” and is said to have seen the Virgin Mary. Seventeen further ...

A candlelight procession snaked its way around the grounds of the historical Holy Cross Abbey in Tipperary, the long queue ...

Irish Catholics are devoted to St Bernadette, with generations of women named for her. Now a pilgrimage of her relics nears ...

The bishop said: "I'm very excited that the relics of St Bernadette of Lourdes, to whom Our Lady appeared 18 times, will be coming to our diocese. "What a wonderful opportunity this visit ...

It is being facilitated by Lourdes Pilgrimage directors and the shrine. Our Lady is said to have appeared 18 times to the young girl, named Bernadette Soubirous, in Lourdes, France, in 1858.

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Saint Bernadette is said to have witnessed the Blessed Mother in Lourdes and it is claimed the Virgin Mary appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous, in Lourdes, France, in 1858. Born at foothills ...