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Author : Lawrence G. Lovasik
Release : 2009-05-15
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 913/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Our Lady of Lourdes by : Lawrence G. Lovasik
Download or read book Our Lady of Lourdes written by Lawrence G. Lovasik. This book was released on 2009-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the appearances of Our Lady to St. Bernadette. Full-color illustrations.
Author : Ruth Harris
Release : 2008-09-04
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 90X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lourdes by : Ruth Harris
Download or read book Lourdes written by Ruth Harris. This book was released on 2008-09-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lourdes was at the very centre of nineteenth century debates on religion, science and medicine. Both the Church and secularists championed the 'miracle' town as crucial in shaping how society should think about the mind, body and spirit. Since the ‘visions’ of Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 transformed the quiet Pyrenean town into an international tourist and pilgrimage destination, it has been a site for controversy. In her well-crafted and carefully researched book, Harris deftly places Lourdes and its attendant spiritual movement firmly at the centre of French history and shows its significance in the country’s development.
Author : James Martin
Release : 2010-06
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 180/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lourdes Diary by : James Martin
Download or read book Lourdes Diary written by James Martin. This book was released on 2010-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A charming and touching story that reminds us, with St. Bernadette, that grace is everywhere." —Robert Ellsberg, author, Blessed Among All Women The shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France appeals to Catholics as few other places do. The famous grotto is a place of healing that attracts some six million pilgrims to Lourdes each year. One of these recent pilgrims was James Martin, an American Jesuit. Fr. Martin went to Lourdes to serve as chaplain for a group of pilgrims sponsored by the Order of Malta, an international Catholic association devoted to charitable works. During his stay, Martin kept an illuminating diary of his trip. His touching and humorous account of the busy and gratifying days that he spent at Lourdes is a vivid description of a place filled with a powerful spiritual presence. "Lourdes is now one of those places where I have met God in a special way," Martin writes. Through this diary, we are able to share in his journey and feel the presence of God that he encountered there.
Author : Sophie Maraval-Hutin
Release : 2010
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 108/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Bernadette by : Sophie Maraval-Hutin
Download or read book Bernadette written by Sophie Maraval-Hutin. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Perhaps you have already heard about Lourdes, a little town in the French Pyrenees Mountains famous all over the world. Thousands of Christians go there every year to pray. Sick people from all countries come in the hope of being cured. And yet, a hundred and fifty years ago, Lourdes was a very little village, and Bernadette, the one who started it all, was just a very simple girl of fourteen." So begins the story of Bernadette and her amazing encounters with the Blessed Virgin Mary. Young readers will enjoy the lovely watercolors and lively text, as they are introduced to the simple girl whose visions of a "beautiful Lady" resulted in the discovery of a miraculous spring.
Author : Thérèse Taylor
Release : 2008-11-18
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 855/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Bernadette of Lourdes by : Thérèse Taylor
Download or read book Bernadette of Lourdes written by Thérèse Taylor. This book was released on 2008-11-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernadette of Lourdes: her life, death and visions is the first ever scholarly biography of Bernadette Soubirous, either in French or in English. It draws upon many testimonies and archival sources that have never previously been published. Therese Taylor explains who Bernadette was, and how she lived and died but takes no position on whether or not her visions were genuine. This story begins in Bernadette's native country of the Pyrenees, a mountain region haunted by tales of fairies, witches and miraculous groves and springs. It follows Bernadette's astonishing life story, from her family circle, through her years of fame, to her retirement at the convent of St Gildard at Nevers. Her difficult relationships with the historians of Lourdes and her lengthy terminal illness are also considered. This biography places Bernadette in the context of her time. She was born into a volatile family and her parent's lives were blighted by economic failure and alcoholism. At the age of fourteen Bernadette was an illiterate child-servant, who suddenly experienced a series of visions of a White Lady in the Grotto of Massabielle. Townspeople, government officials, clergy and journalists were all drawn in, and sought out Bernadette in order to assess her story. A chain of events was set off which made her one of the most famous women in France. Bernadette has to be understood not only in religious terms, but also with reference to themes such as tourism, commercialism, mass-representation and the exploitation of female celebrities.
