Lourdes Part IX: The Story of John Traynor

Today, February 11th is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.

In honor of this special day, I’m returning to my Lourdes Series.

Lourdes Part VII: The Lourdes Hymn

Today, February 11th is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.

In honor of this special day, I’m returning to my Lourdes Series.

On this date last year I traveled to Lourdes, France for a pilgrimage.

It was my first pilgrimage to a Marian apparition site and a special experience.

In honor of this anniversary I’ll continue my Lourdes Series.

The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is February 11th.

In honor of the upcoming feast, I’m revisiting my Lourdes Series.

In this post I’ll focus on an important Catholic phrase and its connection to my blog and Lourdes.

In my previous post, I gave descriptions of the first nine apparitions in Lourdes.

The Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous eighteen times in the Grotto of Massabielle.

The apparitions began on February 11th and ended on July 16th in the year 1858.

I arrived in Lourdes, France on July 31st and left on August 6th.

(I learned that Lourdes is pronounced “Lourd” in French.)

It was a special experience that I’m grateful for. It still seems surreal that God permitted us to go!