What are some fun facts about Lourdes?

Lourdes facts Lourdes is a place of pilgrimage. 200 million people have visited the shrine since 1860. 6 million pilgrims visit Lourdes each year, three times a many as in Mecca. The Catholic Church has officially recognised 67 miraculous healings, stringently examined for authenticity.



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3- Lourdes has been an important Marian shrine and pilgrimage destination since 1858, when the Virgin Mary appeared to 14-year old peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous. 4- The town receives an impressive 5 million pilgrims and visitors each year, making Lourdes the most visited Christian shrine in the world.

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At Lourdes in 1858 in a grotto beside the Gave de Pau, a teenage girl, Bernadette Soubirous, saw visions of the Virgin Mary. She also found a spring said to have healing powers. Today Roman Catholics from all over the world visit the shrine at Lourdes.

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Since 1858, when a 14-year-old peasant named Bernadette Soubirous proclaimed she had had 18 encounters with the Virgin Mary, Lourdes has become one of the most visited sites by Catholics in the world. Lourdes has a special appeal for the fragile and the weak, including wounded military personnel.

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It is this very water that fills the Baths or Piscines in which pilgrims bathe on pilgrimage. This water is also available at taps throughout the Sanctuary for pilgrims to drink, wash, and bottle at will, above which it reads: “Wash your face and ask God to purify your heart.”

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Many miracles have been attributed to bathing in or drinking the water at Lourdes as well as to participating in the Eucharistic Procession and Adoration. Pilgrims may experience healing in body, mind or spirit and leave with a deeper sense of God's presence and love in their lives.

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Every year, 6 million pilgrims descend upon the town of Lourdes. Explore how the town's history and developments in the Catholic Church made it so popular. Lourdes Eucharistic Procession.

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The first documented miracle at Lourdes occurred in 1858 when Catherine Latapie felt a sudden urge to travel to Lourdes in search of healing. Two years prior, she had fallen from a tree and severely injured her right hand. The accident left two of her fingers entirely paralyzed.

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The “secret of Lourdes is the Eucharist,” the renowned shrine's chief medical officer told OSV News. “The fabulous part of Lourdes is that we are invited, convened (here) by our Blessed Mother, but we end up discovering and possibly making friends with Jesus Christ, who is very present in Lourdes,” said Dr.

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