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FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES: And Just What is the "Immaculate Conception," Anyway?

Today we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Catholics remember that on February 11, 1858, Mary appeared to a young peasant girl in a cave at Massabielle, just a mile from the French town of Lourdes. Young Bernadette Soubirous called her simply “the Lady.” In all, “the Lady” appeared to Bernadette 18 times that […]

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