Saint Bernadette Lived in a Prison?

The feast day of St. Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879) is April 16. At the age of 14, between Feb. 11, 1858 and July 16, 1858, Bernadette had 18 visions of Our Lady, the Immaculate Conception, in a local grotto near the bank of the River Gave, near Lourdes, France.

After the Soubirous family encountered financial troubles, they moved into a former jail cell. It was not pleasant. Father Joe Roesch, MIC, shares about this time in St. Bernadette's life from right outside Le Cachot (the prison).

Learn more in Fr. Joe's lavishly-illustrated coffee-table book from Marian Press, France: A Pilgrimage with Mary.

Watch more videos by Fr. Joe from "France: A Pilgrimage with Mary" on DivineMercyPlus.org. 
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