News from the Sanctuary

03 June 2025

Celebrating Pentecost in Lourdes. At the Lourdes Sanctuary, all liturgical celebrations are celebrated in a special way. Pentecost marks the coming of the Holy Spirit.

15th August, the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin and the 150th anniversary of the French national pilgrimage

2 August 2023

Du 11 au 16 août 2023, Lourdes accueille le 150e pèlerinage national français pour célébrer la solennité...

On 16th July, Andrea Bocelli sings to mark the final apparition of the Virgin to Bernadette

20 July 2023

16th July: the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel marks the anniversary of the 18th and final apparition...

Lourdes United; praying together for peace

17 July 2023

The 16th July, the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, marks the anniversary of the 18th and last apparition...

Lourdes 2023 - On the road to WYD

11 July 2023

From 19th July to 8th August, 25,000 young people from Europe, Asia and the Americas will stop over in...

Tribute to Father Pomian, confessor of Bernadette

10 July 2023

Father Pomian was the first priest in whom Bernadette confided. She went to meet him on 13th February...

160^th anniversary of the torchlight processions in Lourdes

30 June 2023

From 7th to 9th July 2023, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes will be celebrating the 160th anniversary...

Anniversary of the dedication of the Immaculate Conception Basilica in Lourdes

28 June 2023

This year when the pilgrims of Lourdes are meditating on the words of the Virgin: “Let us build a chapel...

17th June: The Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

13 June 2023

“Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart” The Immaculate Heart of Mary is a devotion...

Wednesday, 31st May 2023, Feast of the Visitation

25 May 2023

On Wednesday, 31st May, the Church will be celebrating the Feast of the Visitation: Mary went to visit...

Come and celebrate the Ascension in Lourdes

16 May 2023

The Feast of the Ascension celebrates the ascent of Jesus to God his Father. It is celebrated on Ascension...

INTERNATIONAL MILITARY PILGRIMAGE

9 May 2023

A Gathering for Peace From 12th – 14th May 2023, The International Military Pilgrimage (PMI) is organising...

Coming as a day pilgrim

12 April 2023

Activities available at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes The activities available at the Sanctuary...

Easter, first procession of the year

20 March 2023

The best known, and certainly the most touching, way of “coming here in procession” as the Virgin Mary...

25th March 1858, the Lady says her name: “I am the Immaculate Conception”

8 March 2023

Nine months before Christmas and the celebration of the birth of Christ, the Catholic Church commemorates...

2^nd March 1858: A chapel and a procession

24 February 2023

Vers la fin de la quinzaine, Bernadette apporta courageusement au curé Peyramale ce message : « Allez...

25^th February: Ninth Apparition

22 February 2023

25th February, the ninth apparition. Three hundred people were present. Bernadette later said, “She told...

22^nd February 2023: Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent

15 February 2023

Of the eighteen apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Saint Bernadette, no less than fourteen took place...

Candlemas, the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and the World Day of Consecrated Life

26 January 2023

On 2nd February, the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, better known as the Feast of Candlemas,...

11^th February: Our Lady of Lourdes and World Day of the Sick

23 January 2023

“On 11th February 2023, let us turn our thoughts to the Shrine of Lourdes, a prophetic lesson entrusted...

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26^th International Days of Saint Francis de Sales 2023

18 January 2023

The next International Days of Saint Francis de Sales organised by the Catholic Media Federation will...

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