News from the Sanctuary
23 June 2025
June’s saints in Lourdes: Saint Bernadette, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Peter
Sainte Bernadette Soubirous a grandi dans une foi simple mais profonde, au cœur des Pyrénées. Née dans une famille modeste, elle n’a pas eu la chance d’aller au catéchisme dans sa petite enfance et connaissait seulement quelques prières populaires, dont le chapelet, qu’elle récitait en famille...
15 April 2024
Walk in the footsteps of Bernadette in Lourdes, following a route that takes in the key places where...
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8 April 2024
Every day, pilgrims to Lourdes are invited to take part in the processions organised by the Sanctuary...
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1 April 2024
The Easter celebrations in Lourdes began on Palm Sunday, when Jesus entered Jerusalem as King of Peace,...
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28 March 2024
The Virgin appeared to Bernadette eighteen times in 1858. In 1863, the sculptor Joseph Fabisch was chosen...
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28 March 2024
From 30th March to 7th April, the joyful HCPT pilgrimage (Handicapped Children Pilgrimage Trust, an English-speaking...
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22 March 2024
In Lourdes, on 25th March 1858, the Lady said her name The feast of the Annunciation is celebrated on...
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18 March 2024
The Holy Father addressed the second international meeting of rectors and shrine employees on the theme...
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28 February 2024
At the beginning of February, Fr Michel Daubanes, Rector of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, held...
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14 February 2024
In this year dedicated to prayer, the Sanctuary of Lourdes is offering some suggestions for experiencing...
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5 February 2024
Of the eighteen apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Saint Bernadette, fourteen took place during Lent....
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22 January 2024
The 27th International Saint François de Sales Meeting, organised by the Catholic Media Federation, in...
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17 January 2024
In this year dedicated to prayer, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is joining in the Week of Prayer...
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8 January 2024
On the solemnity of Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, World Day of Peace, the Sanctuary of Our Lady...
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2 January 2024
Lourdes is starting this new year, which will be dedicated to prayer (with a view to the 2025 Jubilee...
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29 December 2023
On 1st January, a week after Christmas, the Church invites us to start the New Year by contemplating...
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5 December 2023
This year, we are celebrating 800 years since the creation of the first Christmas crib by St. Francis...
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20 November 2023
Give a rose Every 8th December, the Sanctuary of Lourdes celebrates the feast of the Immaculate Conception....
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17 November 2023
The Solemnity of Christ the King is a devotional feast dedicated to Christ during Ordinary Time. It was...
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14 November 2023
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” Established following an initiative...
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6 November 2023
200 participants from the south-west of France will be attending the 7th World Day of the Poor in Lourdes...
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