Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes

Our Lady of Lourdes had many apparitions in 1858 to the grotto at Lourdes, France to St. Bernadette Soubirous, a 14 year old peasant girl. Our Lady instructed Bernadette to dig in the ground, from which came a separate spring with healing properties, active to this day. After a thorough investigation, the apparitions were approved for devotion by the Vatican in 1862. A shrine was built there, which remains a popular place of pilgrimage. The latest approved miracle involving a healing in the water of Lourdes took place in May 1989 and after extensive investigation was approved by the Church in July 2013. The statue of Mary in the sanctuary of our church, to the left of the altar, in white robes with a blue sash and a golden rose on each foot, is a representation of the Lourdes image of Our Lady, as she appeared to Saint Bernadette.