Notre Dame de Lourdes (1858)

Les apparitions de Lourdes ont eu lieu quatre ans après la proclamation solennelle du dogme de l’Immaculée Conception par le pape Pie IX. Le 25 mars 1858, dans la grotte humide et sombre de Massabielle, Marie converse familièrement avec Bernadette qui l’interroge ; elle lui dit son nom : « Je suis l’Immaculée Conception ». …

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Our Lady of Lourdes (1858)

In 1858 the Blessed Mother appeared about 17 times to 14-year-old St. Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes.   She revealed herself to be Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and asked that a chapel be built in Lourdes. The Blessed Mother showed St. Bernadette a spring of water from which people could drink and cleanse themselves. …

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Our Lady of LaSalette (1846)

In 1846, two young cow herders near LaSalette in France reportedly saw the Blessed Mother weeping and her face was buried in her hands.  She was wearing a pearl-studded white robe and a gold apron. She first spoke to the children in French, then in their local language telling them to respect the seventh day …

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Ste Catherine Labouré et la MÉDAILLE MIRACULEUSE

Sainte Catherine Labouré, révèle à son confesseur seul que, pendant son noviciat chez les religieuses de Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, dans la nuit du 18 juillet 1830, veille de la fête de Vincent de Paul, elle aurait été réveillée par un petit enfant qui lui dit « Ma sœur, tout le monde dort bien. Venez à la chapelle. …

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Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (1830)

On November 27,  1830, St. Catherine Labouré was awakened by a voice directing her to a chapel.  When she entered the chapel, she saw a vision of the Blessed Mother who told her that “times are evil in France and the world”.   The Blessed Mother directed to medals that would confer graces on those …

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Our Lady of Guadelupe (1531)

On December 9, 1531, St. Juan Diego, an Aztec who had converted to Catholicism, was on his way mass.  The Blessed Mother appeared to him as a native woman and told him in his native tongue to go to Bishop Fray Juan de Zumarraga, the bishop of current Mexico City, and request a shrine to …

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Notre Dame de La Guadelupe

St. Juan Diego, un indien mexicain, se rendait à la messe, le matin du 9 décembre 1531.  La Sainte Vierge lui apparut sur la colline de Tepeyac, qui se situe dans la banlieue actuelle de Mexico. Elle le pria de demander à son évêque de faire construire en son nom un sanctuaire à Tepeyac. Elle …

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The Blessed Mother in the Bible

The first chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke describes the narrative of the infancy of Jesus. 26 In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name …

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