catholic saint lourdes grotto for church

Parish Grounds – St. Mary of Lourdes Catholic Church St. Mary of Lourdes Grotto. In 1858, in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains of southern France near a town called Lourdes, the Blessed Virgin appeared in a small cave by the River Gave, the Cave of Massabielle. She appeared to a 14-year-old girl named Bernadette Soubirous a total of 18 times during ...