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Notre Dame de Lourdes, known from 2012 to 2018 as St. Bernadette Parish, is a former Roman Catholic parish in Fall River, Massachusetts. A part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River , the parish was established in 1874 to serve the growing French-Canadian population located in the city's Flint Village section. [ 1 ]
The church was literally gutted forcing Masses to be celebrated in the Parish Hall for nearly a year. On the Feast of St. Bernadette, April 16, 2002, Archbishop Michael Sheehan celebrated a Mass honoring the re-dedication of the church. The Archbishop was visibly inspired by the church’s new appearance.
The sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes began with the Marian apparitions to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 in the town of Lourdes.On 11 February 1858, a 14-year-old peasant girl, called Bernadette Soubirous, said she saw a "lady" while playing near the grotto of Massabielle (from masse vieille: "old mass") with her sister and a friend, on the left bank of the Gave de Pau river. [1]
The original Lourdes grotto where the Lourdes apparitions occurred and where Lourdes spring water still flows.. A Lourdes grotto is a replica of the grotto where the Lourdes apparitions occurred in 1858, in the town of Lourdes in France, now part of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Bernadette Soubirous (/ ˌ b ɜːr n ə ˈ d ɛ t ˌ s uː b i ˈ r uː /; French: [bɛʁnadɛt subiʁu]; Occitan: Bernadeta Sobirós [beɾnaˈðetɔ suβiˈɾus]; 7 January 1844 – 16 April 1879), also known as Bernadette of Lourdes, was the firstborn daughter of a miller from Lourdes (Lorda in Occitan), in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France, and is best known for experiencing ...
Merged with Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish to form St. Bernadette's Parish. [53] 2012: Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish: Fall River: Merged with Notre Dame de Lourdes Parish to form St. Bernadette's Parish. Immaculate Conception church building demolished in February 2019. [53] [54] 2013: Holy Ghost Parish: Attleboro ...
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The church was built in 1983–86, the architect being Vivina Rizzi; it is built of red brick on a square plan. [5] Pope John Paul II visited in 1990. [6] On 30 September 2023, Pope Francis made it a titular church to be held by a cardinal-priest. [7] Cardinal-protectors. Ángel Sixto Rossi (2023–present) [8]