From http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22985
The Sanctuary of Lourdes has announced the 69th official miracle of
Lourdes - the curing of an Italian woman, Danila Castelli, following
her visit to the Baths at the Shrine in 1989.
Danila Castelli, born on 16 January 1946, a wife and mother, lived a
more or less normal life until the age of 34 when she started having
spontaneous and severe blood pressure hypertensive crisis. She also
suffered a number of other serious health problems and underwent a
hysterectomy an annexectomy and a partial pancreatectomy. As her
condition deteriorated, her husband who is a doctor planned to take her
to the Mayo Clinic in America, but at the last moment Danila said she
wanted to go to Lourdes. The couple went in May 1989. When Danila came
out of the Baths she said she experienced an extraordinary feeling of
wellbeing. Shortly afterwards she reported to the Lourdes Office of
Medical Observations her instantaneous alleged cure. After five meetings
(1989, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 2010) the Bureau certified the cure with an
unanimous vote. They agreed that Mrs Castelli had been cured, in a
complete and lasting way, from the date of her pilgrimage to Lourdes 21
years ago, of the syndrome she had suffered and with no relation with
the treatments and the surgeries she received.
Danila Castelli has since gone back to an absolute normal life. The
CMIL (Lourdes International Medical Committee) in it's annual meeting of
19 November 2011 in Paris has certified that the cure "remains
unexplained according to current scientific knowledge". On 20 June 2013
Monsignor Giovanni Giudici, Bishop of Pavia, the diocese where Danila
Castelli lives, declared the 'prodigious-miraculous' character of this
cure.
In this video, Dr Allessandro De Franciscus, Director of the
Medical Bureau at Lourdes, explains the rigorous process by which the
cure was accepted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7ixlLiHnBI
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
Spokesman says parts of Lourdes will be closed for months
From http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2013/06/24/spokesman-says-parts-of-lourdes-will-be-closed-for-months/
Work crews rushed to clear mud and remove debris after a massive flood inundated sections of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes so that tourists could return to the popular pilgrimage site.
Much of the pilgrimage site was under water for two days as floods swamped much of southwestern France.
Mathias Terrier, who is in charge of communications at the shrine, said it sustained millions of dollars in damage. No date for reopening has been set.
It was the second time in eight months that the normally placid Gave de Pau River broke its banks, forcing officials to close the shrine. Flash floods in October caused an estimated £2 million in damage.
“The damage is much more significant than in 2012,” the shrine reported on its website.
Mr Terrier told the press that the grotto had been under five feet of water and the vast subterranean church was inundated.
The grotto is where Mary is reported to have appeared to St Bernadette Soubirous in 1858.
Even though lower sections of the pilgrimage site were closed, Masses continued to be celebrated in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception above the grotto.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Mr Terrier said the grotto may reopen in a few days but that some churches, prayer rooms and buildings would be closed for months.
“Some facilities will probably remain closed for the rest of the season until October,” Mr Terrier said.
The flooding came at the worst possible time of year for Lourdes, which depends on the summer influx of pilgrims. Nearly six million pilgrims, many of them sick and weak, visit the grotto annually, believing that the waters hold healing powers.
Three people were killed when they were swept away by the rushing waters caused by a day of heavy rain and rapid melting of snow from the nearby Pyrenees. Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes, camp grounds and hotels. At the peak of the flooding last week, rescuers were concerned with bringing weak and sick pilgrims to safety.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, sent a message to Bishop Nicolas Brouwet of Tarbes and Lourdes saying Pope Francis was praying for the three people who died because of the flooding and for all those who have been displaced. The Pope, he said, also hoped Catholics would be generous in helping fund the clean-up and restoration of the Marian shrine.
The shrine put out an appeal for donations to help repair the damage. Insurance is expected to cover much of the damage, but it is not expected to cover the entire cost of repairs and cleanup.
The French government declared Lourdes and the surrounding area a disaster zone. French President Francois Hollande, Interior Minister Manuel Valls and Bishop Brouwet joined Lourdes Mayor Jean-Pierre Artiganave on a tour of the damage.
Mr Artiganave told Agence France-Presse that the flooding left his community “traumatised”.
“Lourdes has one element of good luck,” he said. “It’s that the world is generous with Lourdes. When Lourdes is in trouble – we saw it in October – people respond.”
Work crews rushed to clear mud and remove debris after a massive flood inundated sections of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes so that tourists could return to the popular pilgrimage site.
Much of the pilgrimage site was under water for two days as floods swamped much of southwestern France.
Mathias Terrier, who is in charge of communications at the shrine, said it sustained millions of dollars in damage. No date for reopening has been set.
It was the second time in eight months that the normally placid Gave de Pau River broke its banks, forcing officials to close the shrine. Flash floods in October caused an estimated £2 million in damage.
“The damage is much more significant than in 2012,” the shrine reported on its website.
Mr Terrier told the press that the grotto had been under five feet of water and the vast subterranean church was inundated.
The grotto is where Mary is reported to have appeared to St Bernadette Soubirous in 1858.
Even though lower sections of the pilgrimage site were closed, Masses continued to be celebrated in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception above the grotto.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Mr Terrier said the grotto may reopen in a few days but that some churches, prayer rooms and buildings would be closed for months.
“Some facilities will probably remain closed for the rest of the season until October,” Mr Terrier said.
The flooding came at the worst possible time of year for Lourdes, which depends on the summer influx of pilgrims. Nearly six million pilgrims, many of them sick and weak, visit the grotto annually, believing that the waters hold healing powers.
Three people were killed when they were swept away by the rushing waters caused by a day of heavy rain and rapid melting of snow from the nearby Pyrenees. Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes, camp grounds and hotels. At the peak of the flooding last week, rescuers were concerned with bringing weak and sick pilgrims to safety.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, sent a message to Bishop Nicolas Brouwet of Tarbes and Lourdes saying Pope Francis was praying for the three people who died because of the flooding and for all those who have been displaced. The Pope, he said, also hoped Catholics would be generous in helping fund the clean-up and restoration of the Marian shrine.
The shrine put out an appeal for donations to help repair the damage. Insurance is expected to cover much of the damage, but it is not expected to cover the entire cost of repairs and cleanup.
The French government declared Lourdes and the surrounding area a disaster zone. French President Francois Hollande, Interior Minister Manuel Valls and Bishop Brouwet joined Lourdes Mayor Jean-Pierre Artiganave on a tour of the damage.
Mr Artiganave told Agence France-Presse that the flooding left his community “traumatised”.
“Lourdes has one element of good luck,” he said. “It’s that the world is generous with Lourdes. When Lourdes is in trouble – we saw it in October – people respond.”
Thursday, February 11, 2010
February 11th: Our Lady of Lourdes
From www.communityofhopeinc.orgOur Lady of Lourdes
Date: 1858
Place: Lourdes, France
Visionary: Bernadette Soubirous
At age 14, the poverty-stricken, asthmatic Bernadette Soubirous saw a vision of a beautiful Lady in a grotto on the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes, France. Though Bernadette was despised, disbelieved, and harrassed by local French authorities, crowds began to gather when news spread and when she wouldn't recant the story of her vision.
On 25 February, Bernadette was told to dig in in the earth, which she did to much mockery, but there, the healing waters of the now-famous Lourdes shrine were discovered where the Lady had appeared, and on 25 March, the Lady of the vision announced that she was the Immaculate Conception and that a church should be built at the site. Bernadette became a nun at Nevers, France and, suffering much from physical ailments, died young. Her body remains incorrupt at her convent to this day. St. Bernadette's story can be seen in the 1943 movie, "The Song of Bernadette," starring Jennifer Jones, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of the Saint.
For details on Apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes :
http://www.communityofhopeinc.org/Catholic%20Beliefs/Apparitions-lourdes.html#1
Date: 1858
Place: Lourdes, France
Visionary: Bernadette Soubirous
At age 14, the poverty-stricken, asthmatic Bernadette Soubirous saw a vision of a beautiful Lady in a grotto on the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes, France. Though Bernadette was despised, disbelieved, and harrassed by local French authorities, crowds began to gather when news spread and when she wouldn't recant the story of her vision.
On 25 February, Bernadette was told to dig in in the earth, which she did to much mockery, but there, the healing waters of the now-famous Lourdes shrine were discovered where the Lady had appeared, and on 25 March, the Lady of the vision announced that she was the Immaculate Conception and that a church should be built at the site. Bernadette became a nun at Nevers, France and, suffering much from physical ailments, died young. Her body remains incorrupt at her convent to this day. St. Bernadette's story can be seen in the 1943 movie, "The Song of Bernadette," starring Jennifer Jones, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of the Saint.
For details on Apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes :
http://www.communityofhopeinc.org/Catholic%20Beliefs/Apparitions-lourdes.html#1
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