Lourdes

INTRODUCTION








IMPORTANT DATES

7th. January 1844 The birth of Bernadette Soubirous in the Boly Mill.
She is the daughter of François Soubirous, miller, and his wife Louise Castérot.
9th. January 1844 Baptism of Bernadette Soubirous.
11th. February 1858 to 16th. July 1858 Eighteen Apparitions of the Virgin Mary at the Grotto of Massabielle.
4th. July 1866 Bernadette leaves Lourdes for Nevers.
29th. July 1866 Bernadette receives the Religious Habit of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Nevers.
She receives the name Sister Marie-Bernard.
30th. October 1867 Her Religious Profession in the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Nevers.
16th. April 1879 (Wednesday of Easter) The death of Bernadette.
14th. June 1925 Beatification of Bernadette.
8th. December 1933 Canonisation of Bernadette by Pope Pius XI at St. Peter's in Rome.


BERNADETTE HERSELF

Marie Laguës, foster-mother of Be...