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Shrines of France

She revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception, asked that a chapel be built on the site of the vision, and told the girl to drink from a fountain in the hollow rock.

No fountain was to be seen, but when Bernadette dug at a spot designated by the apparition, a spring began to flow. The water from this still flowing spring has shown remarkable healing power, though it contains no curative property that science can identify.

A basilica was consecrated and a statue solemnly crowned in 1876. When the first church was no longer enough, a larger church was later built and consecrated in 1901. The new basilica is called the Church of the Rosary.

The feast of the commemoration of the apparition is now observed every February 11.

Nevers
St. Gildard's Convent enshrines the uncorrupted body of St. Bernadette. At the conclusion of the eighteen apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Lourdes, St Bernadette lived for 12 years as a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Nevers.

La Salette
Located in a high alpine pasture in the French Alps, La Salette is the site where the Virgin Mary appeared in 1846 to two shepherds, Melanie Matthew and Maximin Gird.

A spring forever marks the spot where the Virgin appeared and where millions of pilgrims come to in order to drink the fresh spring water and to pray.

The stunning mountain scenery and lush mountain trails make La Salette one of the most spectacular pilgrimage sites in France, with a beautiful Basilica built to honor the Virgin Mary.

Paray Le Monial Chapel of the Visitation. This was where Jesus exposed His Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque.

The Reliquary of St. Margaret contains her relics, located underneath a wax figure of the saint.

Lisieux
Lisieux is home of St Therese of the Child Jesus whom Pope Pius X called "the greatest saint of modern times."

Les Buissonets, her family home. On display are relics, clothing, and personal objects.

Paris
Shrine of the Miraculous Medal – The incorrupt body of St Catherine Labouret.

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
In addition to the great architecture of the church, the Cathedral of Notre-Dame enshrines the holy relic, the Crown of Thorns. In 1806 the Crown was deposited in the Cathedral. 1896 a magnificent new reliquary of rock crystal was made for it.

The Crown of Thorns was gift of the Latin Emperor of Constantinople to Louis, King of France in 1238. The Crown now consists of circlets of rushes with no sign of thorns. The thorns were broken off and given out as gifts.