The Message of Bernadette

Every year, millions of pilgrims from around the world visit the foothills of the French Pyrenees to walk in the footsteps of Saint Bernadette at Lourdes. It’s one of the world’s busiest Catholic pilgrimage sites with around five million pilgrims visiting each year. It’s estimated that over 200 million people have visited the Marian shrine and sanctuary since 1860. Bernadette Soubirous was a poor 14 year old girl, to whom the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in a series of 18 apparitions at a Grotto on the banks of the river Gave between February and July 1858. Hers is a remarkable story that led from suffering and surrender to sainthood. In this audiobook, produced in partnership with the Catholic Truth Society, we listen to the message of St Bernadette - a message that is as clear today as it was in the 19th century. The content for this audiobook is taken from a publication of the same name written by Vernon Johnson, It was published by the Catholic Truth Society (CTS). The text was revised and updated by Donal Foley in 2008.