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Lourdes grotto

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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. Some Lourdes grottos are almost identical reproductions of the scene of the apparitions, with statues of Our Lady of Lourdes and Bernadette Soubirous in a natural or artificial cave, while others may differ from the original in size, shape or style.

Notable Lourdes grottoes

North America

Canada

  • Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Flatrock, Newfoundland and Labrador[1]
  • Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rama, Saskatchewan[2]
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Vanier, Ottawa, Ontario[3]
  • Saint Anthony Hermitage, Lac-Bouchette, Quebec[4]

United States

Colorado
Connecticut
  • Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, Litchfield, Connecticut[6][7]
Florida
Illinois
Indiana

Kansas

  • Mary's Grotto, Atchison, Benedictine College. Dedicated on the Mary's Birthday, Marymas, of A.D. 2008
Kentucky
  • Lourdes Rosary Shrine, Church of St. Louis Bertrand, Louisville, Kentucky[15]
Louisiana
Maine
  • Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Anthony's Franciscan Monastery, Kennebunkport, Maine[18]
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Mexico
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Los Ojos, New Mexico
New York
  • Lourdes Grotto, College of Mount Saint Vincent, Bronx, New York
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, St. Lucy's Church, Bronx, New York[21]
  • Grotto Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes (1898–2015), Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Brooklyn, New York[21]
  • Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Holy Family Church, Fairmount, New York
  • Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Immaculate Conception Church, New Lebanon, New York[22]
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, St. Cabrini Home, West Park, New York[23]
North Carolina
Ohio
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Central Catholic High School, Canton, Ohio[24]
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Mount Saint John, Dayton, Ohio[24]
  • Our Lady of Lourdes National Shrine, Euclid, Ohio[24]
  • Lourdes Grotto, Our Lady of the Pines, Fremont, Ohio[24]
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto and Church, Genoa, Ohio[24]
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Mogadore, Ohio[24]

Pennsylvania

  • Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[25]
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Mercyhurst University, Erie, Pennsylvania
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Saint Francis University, Loretto, Pennsylvania
Texas
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas[26]
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto of the Southwest, Oblate Missions, San Antonio, Texas[27]
Wisconsin

South America

Argentina

  • Grotto of Lourdes, San Pedro de Colalao, Tucumán Province

Chile

Uruguay

  • National Shrine of the Grotto of Lourdes, Church of the Savior, Montevideo, Uruguay[28]

Asia-Pacific

India

Japan

Philippines

Taiwan

  • Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Guanxi Township

Europe

Austria

  • Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Heiligenkreuz

Belgium

Croatia

Ireland

  • Church of St. John, Cratloe, Cratloe, County Clare
  • Dominican Convent, Cabra, County Dublin

Lithuania

  • Kretinga Lourdes Grotto, Kretinga

Netherlands

  • Lourdes Grotto, Sereo Preto, Aruba[33]
  • Lourdes Grotto (Lourdesgrot), Scheveningen, The Hague[34]
  • Lourdesgrot, Sint Nicolaasga, Friesland

United Kingdom

Vatican City

See also

References

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  2. Back to citation "St. Anthony's Parish & Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes". Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Rama, SK. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  3. Back to citation "Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto". Marian Devotional Movement. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  4. Back to citation "History". Ermitage St-Antoine. Retrieved 26 August 2024. “With this in mind and heart, he installed a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes on the grotto's rock and went there every day to pray. Informed of this discovery, the people from Lac-Bouchette joined him in his devotion and prayed at the grotto.”
  5. Back to citation "The Grotto". Mother Cabrini Shrine. Retrieved 13 September 2023. “A replica of the grotto of Lourdes, France, was built over this spring in 1929 and was demolished and replaced in 1959 by the present one, built of sandstone.”
  6. Back to citation "The Shrine of Lourdes in Litchfield". Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  7. Back to citation "Lourdes in Litchfield". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  8. Back to citation "Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto". The Basilica of Saint Mary Star of the Sea. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  9. Back to citation "History". Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Retrieved 15 September 2024. “The Lourdes Grotto behind the church was added in 1910 and the cemetery's Calvary Grotto was added in 1912.”
  10. Back to citation occurrence 10.0 Back to citation occurrence 10.1 Back to citation occurrence 10.2 "Shrines and Holy Places Illinois". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  11. Back to citation "Lourdes Grotto". National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  12. Back to citation "Saint Mary Grotto". St. Mary Oratory. Retrieved 15 September 2024. “Saint Mary Grotto is modeled after the Shrine in Lourdes, France where the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858.... Below the Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes with Saint Bernadette in adoration, there is a flowing stream that is reminiscent of the miraculous stream in Lourdes.”
  13. Back to citation Peterson, Kristin (27 October 2008). "Contemplative Spot Offers Students a Quiet Place of Prayer". Dominican Life. Retrieved 15 September 2024. “Amidst Dominican University's neo-Gothic academic buildings that teem with students and activities, the Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes—more commonly known as the Grotto—has remained a quiet and contemplative area of campus for almost 80 years.”
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  15. Back to citation "Shrines and Holy Places Kentucky". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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  18. Back to citation "St. Anthony's Franciscan Monastery, Kennebunkport, Maine". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  19. Back to citation "The Story Franco American Stations & Grotto Committee". www.stationsandgrottofund.org. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  20. Back to citation Dobbins, Elizabeth (29 March 2020). "'We need this more than ever right now'". Lowell Sun. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  21. Back to citation occurrence 21.0 Back to citation occurrence 21.1 "Shrines and Holy Places New York City". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  22. Back to citation "Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine and Fatima Shrine". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  23. Back to citation "Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto", West Park, New York.
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  25. Back to citation Legal; IX, Title; Map, Site. "Undergraduate Admissions". securelb.imodules.com. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  26. Back to citation "Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto". Points of Interest. St. Edward's University. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  27. Back to citation "Shrines and Holy Places Texas". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  28. Back to citation "Santuario Nacional de la Gruta de Lourdes", Montevideo.
  29. Back to citation "The Grotto of Lourdes", Tokyo, Japan.
  30. Back to citation Lourdesgrot en kruisweg, inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be
  31. Back to citation La Grotte Notre-Dame de Lourdes, jette.brussels/
  32. Back to citation Unité Pastorale Vallée du Geer, https://www.upvalleedugeer.be
  33. Back to citation "Lourdes Grotto", Seroe Preto, Aruba.
  34. Back to citation "De kerk van O.L. Vrouw van Lourdes", The Hague
  35. Back to citation "Shrine, a replica of the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes and flanking stone pylons (1432936)". National Heritage List for England. Historic England.
  36. Back to citation "Selby – St Mary". Taking Stock. Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
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