On 13 October 1958, the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse presented Song of Bernadette on the CBS television network starring Italian-born film and television actress Pier Angeli as …

Jan 3, 2026 · St. Bernadette of Lourdes was a French nun who lived in the 1800s. As a young teenager, she had a series of visions of the Virgin Mary in the Massabielle grotto, ultimately …

Bernadette believed it was faith and prayer that was responsible for curing the sick. Bernadette asked the local priest to build a chapel at the site of her visions and the Sanctuary of Our Lady …

In Rome, on December 8, 1933, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Bernadette Soubirous (the little nun – humble, unlettered, honest, and obedient) was canonized by Pope Pius XI as a …

Saint Bernadette was beatified on June 14, 1925 and canonized on December 8, 1933, each by by Pope Pius XI. She is the patroness of illness, people ridiculed for their piety, poverty, …

Feb 10, 2017 · On this day in 1858 a young, poor girl named Bernadette Soubirous was out collecting firewood with her sister and another friend near a grotto when she saw a vision of a …

Apr 16, 2025 · Saint Bernadette Soubirous, visionary of Lourdes, communicated the Virgin Mary's messages of prayer, penance, and the promise of happiness in the afterlife.

Born in Lourdes, France, on January 7, 1844, Bernadette was the first child of Francois and Louise Soubirous. At the time of her birth, Francois was a miller, operating a mill which had …

Bernadette Soubirous, a girl from France encounters Our Lady, Mary, out of obedience digs a spring by a grotto; the waters from this spring help thousands throughout generations with the …

Apr 17, 2023 · From her childhood until her death at age thirty-five, Saint Bernadette underwent much suffering, caused by poverty, sickness, and the unkindness of some people. She …