LOURDES 1858

Lyza de Dios – May 28, 2012

BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS

• Was the first person Lourdes appeared to

• Born in 1844 – 1879• Had poverty-stricken

childhood• She often very ill

BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS

• In 1858 she had series visions of Mary

• She Joined the Sisters of Charity in 1866

LOCATIONThis event occurred in Lourdes, France.

HOW IT HAPPENED • Bernadette and her sister, Toinette,

and a neighbour friend, Jeanne Abadie, went to the river Gave to gather wood.

• She was scared she was going to have an asthma attack

• When Bernadette was alone she heard a gust of wind

HOW IT HAPPENED• They had walked to Massabielle • Then she heard the same sound

again and she looked at the grotto and saw a beautiful lady in a white dress

• The lady signaled that she should come closer

HOW IT HAPPENED• Then Bernadette bends down on her

knees, takes out her rosary, and made the sign of the cross

• But she cannot do this until Lady has made the sign of the cross

• This vision last for about 15 minutes

JANUARY 7, 1844

Birth of Bernadette Soubirous in Boly Mill

FEBRUARY 11, 1858

Virgin Mary at the Grotto Massabielle

BIBLIOGRAPHY• MaryPages Design. "Saint Bernadette

Soubirous." Saint Bernadette Soubirous. Mymarypages.com, 2001.

Retrieved from http://marypages.com/bernadetteEng1.

htm

BIBLIOGRAPHY• Monseigneur Théas. "Important

Dates." Lourdes-france.org. Monseigneur Théas, n.d.

Retrieved from http://www.lourdes-france.org/index.php?goto_centre=ru&contexte=en&id=415&id_rubrique=

415.