Venerate Relic of St. Bernadette

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The faithful of Southern California are invited to see up close and venerate the relic of St. Bernadette Soubirous, patroness of the sick, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, during Mass at noon.

The relic will be available for public veneration at the Cathedral on August 2 until 6 p.m. The dinosaur is touring the United States for the first time, ending in California after visiting 40 Catholic sites in the last four months. In 1858, the Virgin Mary appeared 18 times to St. Bernadette, a 14-year-old peasant girl. Among the messages she gave her was a request to build a church in the French city of Lourdes, which has since become an international destination for pilgrims seeking spiritual and physical healing.

The Catholic Church has officially recognized 70 healing miracles at Lourdes, the latest of which happened in 2008 and was affirmed by the Church in 2018. Each year, four to six million pilgrims visit the Shrine at Lourdes. The U.S. tour is co-presented by the Sanctuary of Lourdes, the Order of Malta, and the North American Lourdes Volunteers.

For more information about St. Bernadette’s relic at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, visit olacathedral.org/events/stbernadetteusa.

For the tour in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, visit lacatholics.org/relic-tour, and for information about the U.S. tour, visit stbernadetteusa.org.