Lourdes Collection (page 4)

Drinking the Water
Pilgrims drink the water from the miraculous healing spring which the Virgin Mary revealed to Bernadette in 1858

Stations of Cross
Pilgrims follow the Stations of the Cross, up the hill to the Calvary

Preaching at the Rosary
Preaching to pilgrims gathered in front of the Rosary Date: circa 1905

Sick are Blessed
Priests bless the sick in front of the Rosary

Arriving by Coach
Pilgrims at the coach station

Mens Pilgrimage
The Mens Pilgrimage - lining up with banners in front of the Rosary

Arriving by Train
Pilgrims arriving by train - women and clerics

Waiting to Bathe
Pilgrims wait to bathe in the miraculous waters from the spring which the Virgin Mary revealed to Bernadette

Invalid on Stretcher
A sick pilgrim on a wheeled stretcher, with family, priest and nurses

Invalid Pilgrims
Sick or disabled pilgrims are wheeled to the Grotto in invalid chairs - hopefully they won t need them on the way back !

Clerics at Station
Clerical pilgrims arrive at the railway station - note the facial expressions!

Mens Parade
Ceremonial parade of the Mens Pilgrimage on the Esplanade

Womens Orders
Pilgrims from womens nursing orders

Pilgrims at Station
Pilgrims arriving at the railway station

Procession of Priests
Procession of priests

Church Cashes In
The Catholic Church cashes in on Lourdes, offering cures (65 years of success !), the story of Bernadette, and the only brand of candles officially approved by the Virgin Mary

The Grotto in 1875
Pilgrims at the grotto - the Spanish caption refers to the Lourdes devotion as a popular superstition

Pilgrims at the Grotto
Pilgrims at the grotto - priests, peasants and fashionably dressed folk

Lourdes Pilgrims 1905
Pilgrims help themselves to water from the fontaine miraculeuse supposedly revealed to Bernadette by Mary. (note the boys dressed in their best clothes !)

Bernadettes Home
The family home of Bernadette Soubirous, at Lourdes, now in 1900 offering lodgings to pilgrims who could enjoy the privilege of spending the night in the saints home !

Lourdes Circa 1900
The area round the grotto at the end of the 19th century complete with basilica, esplanade, medical buildings, baths, fountains and so on

Lourdes / Image of Mary
Mary as supposedly seen by Bernadette Soubirous in the grotto

Bernadette / Postcard
Bernadette Soubirous, while gathering firewood, sees the Virgin Mary in the rocky grotto at Lourdes

Bernadette / Vision / Laugee
Bernadette Soubirous, while gathering firewood, suddenly sees the Virgin Mary in the grotto

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