Lourdes grotto explained

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.

Notable Lourdes grottoes

North America

• 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]

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

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

• Grotto of Lourdes, Basilica of Lourdes, Santiago

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

Asia-Pacific

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

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

• 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

• Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, Guanxi Township

Europe

• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Heiligenkreuz

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

• Saint Ignatius Church, Dubrovnik

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

• Kretinga Lourdes Grotto, Kretinga

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

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

• Grotta di Lourdes, Gardens of Vatican City

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Grotto . . Town of Flatrock . 26 August 2024.
2. Web site: St. Anthony's Parish & Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes . . Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Rama, SK . 26 August 2024.
3. Web site: Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto . . Marian Devotional Movement . 26 August 2024.
4. Web site: History . . Ermitage St-Antoine . 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. Web site: The Grotto . . Mother Cabrini Shrine . 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. Web site: The Shrine of Lourdes in Litchfield . . 15 September 2024.
7. Web site: Lourdes in Litchfield . . Catholic Shrines and Holy Places . Delphi Communications . 13 September 2023.
8. Web site: Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto . . The Basilica of Saint Mary Star of the Sea . 13 September 2023.
9. Web site: History . . Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary . 15 September 2024 . The Lourdes Grotto behind the church was added in 1910 and the cemetery’s Calvary Grotto was added in 1912..
10. Web site: Shrines and Holy Places Illinois . . Catholic Shrines and Holy Places . Delphi Communications . 13 August 2024.
11. Web site: Lourdes Grotto . . National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows . 15 September 2024.
12. Web site: Saint Mary Grotto . . St. Mary Oratory . 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. Web site: Contemplative Spot Offers Students a Quiet Place of Prayer . Peterson . Kristin . 27 October 2008 . Dominican Life . 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. Web site: Shrines and Holy Places Indiana . . Catholic Shrines and Holy Places . Delphi Communications . 13 August 2024.
15. Web site: Shrines and Holy Places Kentucky . . Catholic Shrines and Holy Places . Delphi Communications . 13 August 2024.
16. https://saintmartindetours.org/documents/2016/9/Sept2016StMrtnDeTours_brochure_web6.pdf "History of St. Martin de Tours Church"
17. Web site: Shrines and Holy Places Louisiana . . Catholic Shrines and Holy Places . Delphi Communications . 13 August 2024.
18. Web site: St. Anthony's Franciscan Monastery, Kennebunkport, Maine . . Catholic Shrines and Holy Places . Delphi Communications . 13 August 2024.
19. Web site: The Story Franco American Stations & Grotto Committee . www.stationsandgrottofund.org . 28 January 2022.
20. News: Dobbins . Elizabeth . 'We need this more than ever right now' . 28 January 2022 . Lowell Sun . 29 March 2020.
21. Web site: Shrines and Holy Places New York City . . Catholic Shrines and Holy Places . Delphi Communications . 13 August 2024.
22. Web site: Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine and Fatima Shrine . . Catholic Shrines and Holy Places . Delphi Communications . 13 August 2024.
23. https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/7297761434 "Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto"
24. Web site: Shrines and Holy Places Ohio . . Catholic Shrines and Holy Places . Delphi Communications . 13 August 2024.
25. Web site: Legal . IX . Title . Map . Site . Undergraduate Admissions . 2023-10-18 . securelb.imodules.com . en.
26. Web site: Shrines and Holy Places Texas . . Catholic Shrines and Holy Places . Delphi Communications . 13 August 2024.
27. https://iglesiacatolica.org.uy/virgen-de-lourdes-montevideo/ "Santuario Nacional de la Gruta de Lourdes"
28. https://web.archive.org/web/20071123140332/http://www.tokyo.catholic.jp/text/eng/cathedral/lourdes.htm "The Grotto of Lourdes"
29. https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/76516 Lourdesgrot en kruisweg
30. https://www.aruba.com/us/explore/lourdes-grotto "Lourdes Grotto"
31. https://web.archive.org/web/20120319074025/http://www.kich.nl/kich2010/rapport.jsp?id_qualifier=ODB:Rijksmonumentnr&id=452744 "De kerk van O.L. Vrouw van Lourdes"
32. Web site: Shrine, a replica of the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes and flanking stone pylons (1432936) . National Heritage List for England . Historic England .