{"id":795213,"date":"2026-01-05T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en-janvier-naissance-et-bapteme-de-bernadette-soubirous\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T16:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:13:19","slug":"in-january-bernadette-soubirous-birth-and-baptism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/in-january-bernadette-soubirous-birth-and-baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"In January: Bernadette Soubirous birth and baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"795213\" class=\"elementor elementor-795213 elementor-795061\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-640c84c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"640c84c1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33f1aeb2\" data-id=\"33f1aeb2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abe33d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abe33d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/bernadette-soubirous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernadette Soubirous<\/a> was born on 7th January 1844 in Lourdes, at the time a small town in the Pyrenees, to a family of millers who lived quite comfortably for the first few years of Bernadette&#8217;s life.<br \/>Two days after her birth, 9th January 1884, Bernadette was baptised in the parish church of St Peter, which was located on what is now the Place Peyramale, not far from the current parish church of Lourdes.<br \/>We have few details of Bernadette&#8217;s baptism, except that the little one cried throughout the ceremony, that her embarrassed young godfather concluded, like a bad prophet, that she would be wicked, the family celebrated at the Boly Mill by sharing a large basket of doughnuts, a culinary specialty of the mother, Louise, and a few bottles of red wine. It was a modest celebration.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12b68921 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12b68921\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When pilgrims go to Lourdes, they want to follow in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/day-pilgrims\/walking-in-the-footsteps-of-bernadette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The footsteps of Bernadette<\/strong><\/a>\u201d and visit the places that Bernadette saw and knew during her life in Lourdes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-992f02d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"992f02d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/day-pilgrims\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-hiking\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Day Pilgrims<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4650e92e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4650e92e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lourdes and the symbols of baptism<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a63114 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a63114\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7b3ca8\" data-id=\"e7b3ca8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab56891 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab56891\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Humans have always used symbols to indicate something invisible by means of a visible reality.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/the-message-of-lourdes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lourdes apparitions<\/a> are not merely the divine response to a human decision, because it was only four years after the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, promulgated by Pope Pius IX, that the Virgin Mary came to Lourdes and, on 25th March 1858, she said to Bernadette, \u201cI am the Immaculate Conception.\u201d<br \/>Lourdes is also an explanation of the symbols of baptism, one of the sacraments of Christian initiation&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bcadfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bcadfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Sign of the Cross<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84b4aaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84b4aaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The sign of the Cross is the sign of the love of God and of recognition among Christians. On 11th February 1858, Bernadette went to look for wood to heat the only room where the Soubirous fault had been piling up for several months. She set out from one gloomy place (the cachot) and headed for another which was not very illustrious either (the Grotto of Massabielle). That day, a young lady dressed in white taught her to make the sign of the Cross.<br \/><strong>The sign of the Cross is the key to entering into the mystery of faith!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e70a8f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e70a8f1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2673a7\" data-id=\"b2673a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f2e430 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f2e430\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The white garment<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32d6d71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32d6d71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The white garment is the sign of the grace of baptism which shines. It is a sign of new life.<br \/>Bernadette Soubirous described the lady who appeared in the Grotto as a young lady dressed in white. <strong>The purity of the Immaculate Conception.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e71b6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e71b6e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69ebb2b\" data-id=\"69ebb2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a29534 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a29534\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The water<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f703f18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f703f18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On 25th February 1858, Bernadette was told, <strong>\u201cGo and drink at the spring and wash yourself there.\u201d<\/strong> After several attempts, she uncovered the spring, a spring that purifies, washes and leads us to the living water that is Christ.<br \/>Water is a sign of death and life. This is the heart of baptism: baptised means \u201cimmersed\u201d.<strong> Water brings the baptised into the life of God.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e808e91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e808e91\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4eafbf\" data-id=\"d4eafbf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3db1390 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3db1390\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The light<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-697fb30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"697fb30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On 11th February 1858, Bernadette saw a light in the hollow of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/day-pilgrims\/the-grotto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Grotto<\/strong> <\/a>and, in this light, was a young lady \u201clike her\u201d. Light featured in all the apparitions, represented by the candles that Bernadette and her companions brought when they came to the Grotto. These candles make us think of the candle that is lit on Easter night to tell us that Jesus \u201cis with us always until the end of time\u201d (Mt. 28:20).<br \/>During baptism, the godfather or godmother lights a candle from the Paschal candle to transmit this light of faith.<br \/><strong>Baptism changes the darkness into light.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b5832a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b5832a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-013d0e1\" data-id=\"013d0e1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c2fa10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c2fa10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>If we are baptised, we can ask for a candle to be lit in memory of our baptism. If we are not baptised, we can ask for a candle to be lit to show that we are journeying to the light.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a28d260 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a28d260\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc4c816\" data-id=\"fc4c816\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9317689 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9317689\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/cierge-en-ligne\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Light a candle<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71bb5d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71bb5d8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f9f0f4\" data-id=\"7f9f0f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1a8ec8 elementor--h-position-center elementor--v-position-middle elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-slides\" data-id=\"b1a8ec8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;transition_speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"slides.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-slides-wrapper elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Diapositives\" dir=\"ltr\" data-animation=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper elementor-slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-6049df8 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Croix des Esp\u00e9lugues\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">The Sign of the Cross<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-ea3fb71 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Campagne &quot;Une fleur blanche pour Notre-Dame de Lourdes&quot; - Mois de Mai, mois de Marie\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">The white garment<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-e14b94b swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"La Source\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">The water<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-9441a9b swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Chapelles de lumi\u00e8re\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">The light<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-4f0af50 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"retable_VINCENT_3\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Previous slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Next slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernadette Soubirous was born on 7th January 1844 in Lourdes, at the time a small town in the Pyrenees, to a family of millers who lived quite comfortably for the first few years of Bernadette&#8217;s life.Two days after her birth, &hellip; 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