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Footage from 1934 of a procession at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France, where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to (Saint) Bernadette Soubirous in 1858

February 11th, 2026 A.D., Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes:


"In the fourth year after the definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, the blessed Virgin vouchsafed to appear on several occasions to a poor but pious and innocent child named Bernadette, in a rocky cavern overlooking the grotto of Massabielle on the banks of the Cave near the town of Lourdes in the diocese of Tarbes in France. She showed herself as a young and gracious figure, robed in white, with a white veil and blue girdle, and golden roses on her bare feet. At the first apparition on February 11, 1858, she taught the child to make the sign of the cross correctly and devoutly, and, taking a chaplet from her own arm, encouraged her by example to say her rosary. This was repeated at subsequent apparitions. On the second day... " Read more by clicking here. 

Feb. 11, 2026