Germany
Bavaria
Upper Bavaria
Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau
Weilheim-Schongau
Peiting
Lourdes Grotto Peiting
Germany
Bavaria
Upper Bavaria
Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau
Weilheim-Schongau
Peiting
Lourdes Grotto Peiting
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Location: Peiting, Weilheim-Schongau, Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Nice idea, but the one in Lourdes is a bit bigger;)
December 15, 2022
The Virgin Mary depicted and venerated here is that of Lourdes. This well-known Marian pilgrimage site is located in the French Pyrenees and is visited by a large number of people every year, including many sick people hoping for healing. The devotional image of the Mother of God has spread widely, not only in France, and believers have built Lourdes chapels and grottos everywhere.
The ecclesiastical memorial day "Our Lady of Lourdes" is on February 11th, this is the anniversary of the apparition of Mary (1858), when the Mother of God appeared to the 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous in a rock grotto not far from Lourdes. Bernadette later became a nun and died at the age of only 35. On December 8 (the feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary) 1933, she was canonized by Pope Pius XI.
The commemoration of the Lourdes Madonna is also World Day of the Sick.
May 7, 2022
After the felt thousand steps one reaches the grotto ... but it is worth it.
March 23, 2018
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