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Born in Lourdes in 1844, Bernadette Soubirous
was 14 when the Virgin Mary appeared to her at
Massabielle Rock.
In 1866, in order to fulfill her desire for a
religious life, Bernadette arrived in Saint-Gildard,
Mother House of the Sisters of Charity of Nevers
whom she had known in the Lourdes Hospice where
she had learned to read and write.
Bernadette stayed there for 13 years. Her simple
and ordinary life was completely given to God
and others. On her death in 1879, her body was
entombed in a chapel in the garden. Found intact,
it has rested since 1925 in a shrine in the chapel.
Thousands of visitors from all nations come to
be close to Bernadette… she never stops
saying:
"God is our Father, he has an infinite love
for us..."
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The Bernadette Soubirous-Nevers
Centre (EBSN) puts at your disposal meeting rooms
including one with 120 places with simultaneous
translation booths and audiovisual equipment,
a reception area with international cable channels,
places of silence and prayer.
The House has potential accommodation for 200,
reserved for pilgrims and those on retreat, and
dining rooms. A gite for young people can hold
30. (For rates, please consult us). Access for
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Contacts:
Espace Bernadette
Soubirous Nevers
34, rue Saint-Gildard
– 58000 NEVERS. Pilgrimage
Management:
For further information and group enquiries,
please contact us by e-mail: ebsn@wanadoo.fr
or Tel. 03.86.71.99.50 or fax 03.86.71.99.51.
Pilgrims are welcome all year
round.
Spiritual Centre:
retreats and sessions are organised throughout
the year. Programme from the Retreat Secretarial offices.
retraites@wanadoo.fr
- Tel. 03.86.71.99.50 – Fax : 03.86.71.99.51.
International
Centre for Humanitarian Resources and Research:
Forums, sessions are organised for those who work in
the area of solidarity.
cirrh@wanadoo.fr
– Tel. 03.86.61.57.32 - Fax 03.86.61.94.38
Discover
Bermandette:
A team of nuns and lay people are at the disposal
of those who wish to walk in the steps of Bernadette,
to discover through the significant places of her life,
the gospel path that she suggests ("Walk in the
steps of Bernadette", individual or group spiritual
encounter).
Access offered in several
languages:
Museum,
audiovisual.
Booklets
Official
site: www.sainte-bernadette-nevers.com
Main
events:
11th
February: 1st apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes to Bernadette
18th
February: feast of St. Bernadette
16th
April: anniversary of the death of Bernadette
8th December:
feast of the Immaculate Conception, anniversary of the
canonisation of Bernadette.
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