Lourdes grotto

A Lourdes grotto is a replica of the grotto where the Lourdes apparitions occurred in 1858, in the town of Lourdes in France, now part of the sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. Some Lourdes grottos are almost identical reproductions of the scene of the apparitions, with statues of Our Lady of Lourdes and Bernadette Soubirous in a natural or artificial cave, while others may differ from the original in size, shape or style.

The original Lourdes grotto where the Lourdes apparitions occurred and where Lourdes spring water still flows.

Notable Lourdes grottoes

North America

 Canada

• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Flatrock, Newfoundland and Labrador^[1]
• Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rama, Saskatchewan^[2]
• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Vanier, Ottawa, Ontario^[3]
• Saint Anthony Hermitage, Lac-Bouchette, Quebec^[4]

 United States

Colorado

• The Grotto, Mother Cabrini Shrine, Golden, Colorado^[5]

Connecticut

• Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, Litchfield, Connecticut^[6][7]

Florida

• Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea, Key West, Florida^[8]

Illinois

• Lourdes Grotto, Annunciation Church, Aurora, Illinois^[9][10]
• Lourdes Grotto, National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville, Illinois^[11][10]
• Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Mary Oratory, Rockford, Illinois^[12][10]
• Dominican University Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes (the Grotto), River Forest, Illinois^[13]

Indiana

• Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
• Saint Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Indiana
• Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, National Shrine of Our Lady of Providence, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana^[14]

Kansas

• Mary's Grotto, Atchison, Benedictine College. Dedicated on the Mary's Birthday, Marymas, of A.D. 2008

Kentucky

• Lourdes Rosary Shrine, Church of St. Louis Bertrand, Louisville, Kentucky^[15]

Louisiana

• The Grotto of the Holy Mother (1870s), St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church (St. Martinville, Louisiana)^[16]
• Lourdes Grotto, St. Michel de Cantrelle Church Convent, Louisiana
• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, New Iberia, Louisiana
• Lourdes Grotto, St. Ann Shrine, New Orleans, Louisiana^[17]

Maine

• Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Anthony's Franciscan Monastery, Kennebunkport, Maine^[18]

Maryland

• Shrine of St. Anthony, Ellicott City, Maryland
• National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Emmitsburg, Maryland

Massachusetts

• Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts
• Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, former Franco-American School, Lowell, Massachusetts^[19][20]
• Lourdes Grotto, National Shrine of The Divine Mercy (Stockbridge, Massachusetts), Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Michigan

• Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Detroit, Michigan
• St. Mary's Catholic Church, Detroit, Michigan
• Orchard Lake Schools, Orchard Lake, Michigan
• Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, Plymouth, Michigan

Minnesota

• St. Benedict's Monastery, St. Joseph, Minnesota

New Mexico

• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Los Ojos, New Mexico

New York

• Lourdes Grotto, College of Mount Saint Vincent, Bronx, New York
• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, St. Lucy's Church, Bronx, New York^[21]
• Grotto Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes (1898–2015), Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Brooklyn, New York^[21]
• Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Holy Family Church, Fairmount, New York
• Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Immaculate Conception Church, New Lebanon, New York^[22]
• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, St. Cabrini Home, West Park, New York^[23]

North Carolina

• Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Belmont Abbey, North Carolina

Ohio

• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Central Catholic High School, Canton, Ohio^[24]
• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Mount Saint John, Dayton, Ohio^[24]
• Our Lady of Lourdes National Shrine, Euclid, Ohio^[24]
• Lourdes Grotto, Our Lady of the Pines, Fremont, Ohio^[24]
• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto and Church, Genoa, Ohio^[24]
• Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Mogadore, Ohio^[24]

Pennsylvania

• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[25]

Texas

• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto of the Southwest, Oblate Missions, San Antonio, Texas^[26]

Wisconsin

• St. Francis de Sales Seminary, St. Francis, Wisconsin

South America

 Argentina

• Grotto of Lourdes, San Pedro de Colalao, Tucumán Province

 Chile

• Grotto of Lourdes, Basilica of Lourdes, Santiago

 Uruguay

• National Shrine of the Grotto of Lourdes, Church of the Savior, Montevideo, Uruguay^[27]

Asia-Pacific

 India

• Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Villianur, Puducherry
• Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry
• St. Andrew's Church, Puducherry
• St. Theresa Church, Perambur
• Gunadala Matha Shrine, Vijayawada

 Japan

• Grotto of Lourdes, St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo^[28]
• Our Lady of the Angels Trappistine Abbey, Hakodate, Hokkaido

 Philippines

• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Baguio, Benguet
• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto Shrine, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan
• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Cotabato City, Mindanao

 Taiwan

• Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Guanxi Township

Europe

 Austria

• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Heiligenkreuz

 Belgium

• Lourdesgrot, Humbeek^[29]
• Oostakker Basilica, Slotendries

 Croatia

• Saint Ignatius Church, Dubrovnik

 Ireland

• Church of St. John, Cratloe, Cratloe, County Clare

 Lithuania

• Kretinga Lourdes Grotto, Kretinga

 Netherlands

• Lourdes Grotto, Sereo Preto, Aruba^[30]
• Lourdes Grotto (Lourdesgrot), Scheveningen, The Hague^[31]
• Lourdesgrot, Sint Nicolaasga, Friesland

 United Kingdom

• Carfin Grotto, Carfin, Scotland
• Lourdes Grotto, Cleator, Cumbria, England
• Our Lady of Lourdes shrine, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Hednesford, Staffordshire, England^[32]

 Vatican City

• Grotta di Lourdes, Gardens of Vatican City

References

1. "The Grotto". Town of Flatrock. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
2. "St. Anthony's Parish & Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes". Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Rama, SK. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
3. "Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto". Marian Devotional Movement. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
4. "History". Ermitage St-Antoine. Retrieved 26 August 2024. With this in mind and heart, he installed a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes on the grotto's rock and went there every day to pray. Informed of this discovery, the people from Lac-Bouchette joined him in his devotion and prayed at the grotto.
5. "The Grotto". Mother Cabrini Shrine. Retrieved 13 September 2023. A replica of the grotto of Lourdes, France, was built over this spring in 1929 and was demolished and replaced in 1959 by the present one, built of sandstone.
6. "The Shrine of Lourdes in Litchfield". Retrieved 15 September 2024.
7. "Lourdes in Litchfield". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
8. "Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto". The Basilica of Saint Mary Star of the Sea. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
9. "History". Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Retrieved 15 September 2024. The Lourdes Grotto behind the church was added in 1910 and the cemetery's Calvary Grotto was added in 1912.
10. "Shrines and Holy Places Illinois". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
11. "Lourdes Grotto". National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
12. "Saint Mary Grotto". St. Mary Oratory. Retrieved 15 September 2024. Saint Mary Grotto is modeled after the Shrine in Lourdes, France where the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. ... Below the Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes with Saint Bernadette in adoration, there is a flowing stream that is reminiscent of the miraculous stream in Lourdes.
13. Peterson, Kristin (27 October 2008). "Contemplative Spot Offers Students a Quiet Place of Prayer". Dominican Life. Retrieved 15 September 2024. Amidst Dominican University's neo-Gothic academic buildings that teem with students and activities, the Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes—more commonly known as the Grotto—has remained a quiet and contemplative area of campus for almost 80 years.
14. "Shrines and Holy Places Indiana". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
15. "Shrines and Holy Places Kentucky". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
16. "History of St. Martin de Tours Church", St. Martinville, LA.
17. "Shrines and Holy Places Louisiana". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
18. "St. Anthony's Franciscan Monastery, Kennebunkport, Maine". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
19. "The Story Franco American Stations & Grotto Committee". www.stationsandgrottofund.org. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
20. Dobbins, Elizabeth (29 March 2020). "'We need this more than ever right now'". Lowell Sun. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
21. "Shrines and Holy Places New York City". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
22. "Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine and Fatima Shrine". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
23. "Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto", West Park, New York.
24. "Shrines and Holy Places Ohio". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
25. Legal; IX, Title; Map, Site. "Undergraduate Admissions". securelb.imodules.com. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
26. "Shrines and Holy Places Texas". Catholic Shrines and Holy Places. Delphi Communications. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
27. "Santuario Nacional de la Gruta de Lourdes", Montevideo.
28. "The Grotto of Lourdes", Tokyo, Japan.
29. Lourdesgrot en kruisweg, inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be
30. "Lourdes Grotto", Seroe Preto, Aruba.
31. "De kerk van O.L. Vrouw van Lourdes", The Hague
32. "Shrine, a replica of the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes and flanking stone pylons (1432936)". National Heritage List for England. Historic England.

See also

• Lourdes apparitions
• Our Lady of Lourdes
• Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes