History of our School and St Bernadette
History of our School
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St Bernadette
7th January 1844 – 16th April 1879
Bernadette Soubirous was born in Lourdes, France. She came from a poor family and was a sickly child. On 11th February 1858 she was out gathering wood with her sister and a friend when she had a vision of the Virgin Mary. Altogether Bernadette had 18 visions. During one she claimed, “the lady” asked her to drink the water of the spring. When she began to dig, the mud turned to clear water which now forms the grotto at Lourdes where almost 5 million pilgrims flock each year to drink and bathe in the waters.
St Bernadette's Feast Day – 16th April