OL LOURDES – Feb 11
DVRodriguez2020-11-09T15:23:50-05:00Our Lady of Lourdes, the Immaculate Conception (1858) It was on 11 February 1858 that the Blessed Mother first appeared to Bernadette Soubirous, a young girl at Lourdes, France. Bernadette was a sickly little girl whose family was so poor they lived in a cellar that had once been a jail. Even though she was fourteen years old, Bernadette could not read or write. She had difficulties remembering her catechism lessons, but she was a good holy girl who loved God very much. And if her memory was weak for doctrine, she tried hard to learn all she could about God. [...]