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In All Things

The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

James Martin, S.J.February 11, 2012

Happy Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.  Here is a report from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly from the French shrine, showing what happened there in 1858 and what happens there today.

Watch Lourdes 150th Anniversary on PBS. See more from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.

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Craig McKee
12 years 11 months ago
As any child knows even before attaining the AGE of REASON, ''If daddy says NO, go ask MOMMY!''
12 years 11 months ago
Thank you, thank you, Fr. Jim.  And bravo to PBS for producing it.
Thomas Piatak
12 years 11 months ago
Thanks for this, Father.

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