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	The Song of Bernadette
		Bernadette's story caused a sensation with the townspeople, who were divided in their opinions on whether or not Bernadette was telling the truth.
		Bernadette endures continuous pain complicated by tuberculosis of the bone until her death at the age of thirty five.
		Bernadette's body was exhumed three times in the early 1900s in the course of research for her beatification.
	www.excerptsofinri.com /bernadette_soubirous.html (1207 words)

	Lourdes and Bernadette Soubirous (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Bernadette Soubirous was taken in by the Hospice de Lourdes, run by the Soeurs de la Charité de Nevers (Sisters of Charity of Nevers), in January 1858 to learn to read and write in preparation for her first communion.
		Bernadette Soubirous sees the little girl who tells her that she is not carrying her own Rosary, but the one belonging to her sick girlfriend.
		Bernadette Soubirous remains there for three quarters of an hour entranced at the grotto Once again when she leaves the grotto she goes to see the parish priest and tells him that The Lady only smiled when asked Her name, but she still wants a church built.
	www.marypages.com /bernadetteEng.htm (2849 words)

	Bernadette Soubirous - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bernadette was the daughter of François Soubirous (1807-1871), a miller, and his wife Louise (nee Castérot (1825-1866)), a laundress.
		Bernadette's credibility was increased when her "lady" instructed her to dig in the ground with her hands which would result in the discovery of an underground spring.
		Bernadette was holding a lighted candle; during the vision it burned down, and the flame was said to be in direct contact with her skin for over 15 minutes but she supposedly showed no sign of experiencing any pain or injury.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bernadette_Soubirous (2193 words)

	St. Bernadette
		Bernadette's canonization in 1933 was the culmination of a process which had been started nearly three-quarters of a century earlier: she is, therefore, a saint of modern times, and the remarkable facts of her life are readily accessible to all.
		Bernadette was never strong, and from the age of six she showed symptoms of the respiratory ailment that later became a chronic affliction.
		Bernadette, staring in fascination, saw that the luminous apparition was dressed in a soft white robe, with a broad girdle of blue, and a long white veil that partially covered her hair.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/BERNADET.htm (3721 words)

	Bernadette Soubirous
		Bernadette was pious, she always had her rosary with her and prayed.
		In this period her personal decision to become a nun was growing in Bernadette, finally she choose for the sisters of Nevers, because her health wasn't suitable for strict and heavy rules, she liked to take care of the sick people and 'because no one has forced me to go'.
		Seven years later, in 1865, Bernadette became a postulant in the cloister of the Sisters of Charity of Nevers at Lourdes, where she was an inhabitant.
	home.kabelfoon.nl /~uncle/religion/bernaus.html (1135 words)

	Grotto at Lourdes - Mother Mary - Crystalinks
		Bernadette Soubirous (January 7, 1844 - April 16, 1879) was a visionary from the town of Lourdes in southern France.
		Bernadette was the daughter of Francois Soubirous, a miller, and his wife Louise, a laundress.
		Bernadette was holding a lighted candle; during the vision it burned down, and the flame was in direct contact with her skin for over 15 minutes but she showed no sign of experiencing any pain.
	www.crystalinks.com /grottolourdes.html (1389 words)

	Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes - life and background
		It had a castle fortress, the sign of a fighting past [1], and for its size was up-to-date and progressive with the bulk of the population consisting of agricultural workers and quarrymen,and in the main practising Catholics.
		Bernadette Soubirous was the eldest of five children [2] of hard-working parents who had fallen on hard times, and from operating a successful mill had been reduced to living with their family in one small room called the Cachot, which can still be seen today.
		Bernadette scratched away at the surface of the earth, and found water rising, which she was able to drink.
	www.bernadette-of-lourdes.co.uk /bernadette-of-lourdes.htm (900 words)

	Saint Bernadette Of Lourdes
		Bernadette asked, but it was not until three days later that the Lady finally identified herself by saying, "I am the Immaculate Conception." This response inspired the parish priest to believe that Bernadette had, in fact, seen an apparition of the Blessed Mother.
		Bernadette testified to this call of Our Lady of Lourdes by living the rest of her life in humble prayer and suffering in a convent in France.
		Saint Bernadette, little shepherdess of Lourdes, favored with eighteen apparitions of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and with the privilege of lovingly conversing with her, now that you are eternally enjoying the entrancing beauty of the Immaculate Mother of God, do not forsake me, your devoted client, who am still in this valley of tears.
	my.homewithgod.com /israel/bernadette (1627 words)

	St. Bernadette Soubirous
		On March 25, 1858, the Blessed Virgin appeared for the last time and identified herself as the "Immaculate Conception." With these words the Mother of God confirmed the pious belief which Pope Pius IX, 4 years earlier, had raised to the dignity of a dogma of the infallible Church.
		The Sisters of Nevers, who operated a school at Lourdes, were later entrusted with Bernadette's care, and when she was 22, was admitted to their order.
		A worker in wax who was experienced in such duties applied a coating to the face of the Saint who had been dead 40 years.
	www.ichrusa.com /saintsalive/bernad.htm (459 words)

	The life of Bernadette Soubirous.
		Bernadette Soubirous was born on the 7th of January, 1844, the eldest of three children.
		Bernadette later loved to return to Bartres to visit her foster parents who regarded her as one of the family.
		Bernadette was now thirteen years of age and couldn't read or write, this was due to ill health and the family was so poor they couldn't affoard to go to school or catechism classes as she had to stay and look after her yonger brother while her mother went out to work.
	homepage.eircom.net /~michaelpobrien/bernadette.html (685 words)

	Saint Bernadette
		Bernadette Soubirous is the saint of Lourdes, France.
		The most spectacular of all the incorruptibles, Bernadette's miraculously preserved body remained buried in a damp grave for thirty years until the cause for beatification was taken up.
		The face of Bernadette is one of surreal beauty, and will remain for us always the face that gazed into the eyes of the Mother of God.
	www.catholicpilgrims.com /lourdes/ba_bernadette_intro.htm (276 words)

	The Life of Bernadette
		Bernadette Soubirous was born to Francois and Louise Soubirous on January 7th 1844.
		Bernadette was baptised on January 9th, 1844 as Marie-Bernarde, but she would always be known as Bernadette.
		Bernadette's answer to this was to throw herself even further into her work.
	www.dublinlourdes.net /bernadette.html (1400 words)

	Bernadette Soubirous (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Bernadette Soubirous was born in Lourdes, France in 1844.
		Bernadette is most famous for a series of apparitions in which she claimed to have seen a young lady appearing to her.
		Bernadette saw no stream, so she dug, and after a few moments came to some water that was welling up from the ground.
	home.earthlink.net /~cantanima/bernadette.html (876 words)

	Bernadette Soubirous (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Bernadette dug into the dirt with her hands, and when she did, water rose up.
		Bernadette joined the Sisters of Charity of Nevers and lived in the convent until her young death in 1879 or tuberculosis of the bone.
		She was first exhumed in September 1909, and her body was found to be preserved (there were no embalming or special treatments given to her body at the time of her burial) even though she had been buried in a damp place and the rosary which she held had rusted.
	www.anomalies-unlimited.com /Religion/Bernadette.html (354 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : April 16, 2005 : Bernadette Soubirous (Aus, NZ, Can)
		Bernadette, the oldest of six children, was born in Lourdes, France, in 1844.
		Marie Bernarde ('Bernadette') Soubirous was the eldest child of an impoverished miller.
		But St Bernadette took no part in these developments; nor was it for her visions that she was canonized, but for the humble simplicity and religious trustingness that characterized her whole life.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2005-04-16 (654 words)

	The Song of Bernadette
		In 1858, a French peasant girl named Bernadette Soubirous had an experience that forever changed her life and the town of Lourdes where she lived.
		Bernadette's credibility was increased when her "lady" instructed her to dig in the ground with her hands which resulted in the discovery of an underground spring.
		Bernadette, who really wanted nothing more out of life than a husband and a family, eventually bows to the pressure of her priest and becomes a nun.
	home.hiwaay.net /~oliver/bernadette.html (603 words)

	Visions of Jesus Christ.com - The incorrupt body of St. Bernadette Soubirous
		This was one of Bernadettes favourite places for quiet prayer, as she had a fond love of the Spouse of Mary.
		This is the room in which Bernadette died in April 1879, having entered the "white chapel" of her sick-bed the previous December.
		Bernadette's long periods of illness were never wasted on self-pity or bitterness - each became for her an opportunity of self-knowledge and personal and spiritual growth.
	www.visionsofjesuschrist.com /weeping216.htm (855 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of April 16
		Bernadette was not a strong child; the dampness of their home and the vestiges of the cholera she contracted in 1854 aggravated the asthma and other ailments from which the young girl suffered.
		On February 11, 1858, the teenaged Bernadette was collecting scraps of wood on the bank of the River Gave when she was initially granted a vision of the Blessed Virgin, who did not identify herself at first.
		When Bernadette begged the lady for a name on March 25, she replied three times using the local dialect: "I am the Immaculate Conception--" a name that the girl did not understand because word of the definition had not yet reached the people of Lourdes.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0416.htm (4990 words)

	Catholic Saints - Saint Bernadette Soubirous
		Even though Bernadette Soubirous was the only one to have seen the Virgin, her visions renewed the faith of the French people and of Catholics all over the world.
		Bernadette’s parents were religious, but they were alarmed at the story of her vision and banned future visits to the grotto.
		Bernadette’s novice-mistress, Mother Marie-Therese Vauzou, seemed to be bothered by the fact that the Lord had chosen a country girl from the lower classes to be his instrument.
	www.wau.org /resources/saints/saintarchive/bernadette_soubirous.html (1706 words)

	The Catholic Legate \| Articles
		Bernadette Soubirous, receiver of numerous apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858, joined a convent novitiate in Nevers in 1866.
		Bernadette’s body was laid in a zinc-lined, oak coffin, which was then sealed with numerous seals in the presence of the town mayor and two policemen.
		Not only had Bernadette suffered from various diseases while she was alive, but her body had been interred in a damp vault.
	www.catholic-legate.com /articles/signsoflife.html (1716 words)

	Bernadette Soubirous Biography (Saint) — FactMonster.com
		Bernadette of Lourdes is the French saint whose body is said to have been miraculously preserved.
		In 1858, 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous had a vision of the Virgin Mary in a grotto near Lourdes.
		Despite some public skepticism, Bernadette held to her belief in the visions, which eventually were accepted as genuine by officials of the Catholic church.
	www.factmonster.com /biography/var/bernadettesoubirous.html (327 words)

	St. Bernadette
		"Bernadette, in spite of the tiredness which was caused by her shortness of breath and difficulty in breathing, always appeared happy and cheerful.
		Bernadette was small for her age, puny, slightly asthmatic, her face was round but regular, beautiful eyes.
		The following August 3rd, amid splendours worthy of a queen, the mortal remains of Bernadette were laid in the place befitting them, in the choir of the main chapel of Saint-Gildard, enclosed in a casket of gilded bronze and crystal whose chasing and enamels summarized her life and symbolized her soul.
	catholicgirl.faithweb.com /st__bernadette.htm (5465 words)

	Bernadette K. Schwab
		Bernadette is highly educated, M.A. working toward her Ph.D. and Doctrine in her many major fields as well as having years of expertise and work experience in these many fields.
		Bernadette's Mother's side of the family were Dutch and English, as far back as our great grandmother they were Americans, previously who had come to America.
		Bernadette has been very successful for 40 years in a variety of business, and consulting roles and positions she has held.
	www.angelicinspirations.com /page37.htm (322 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		She was born in Lourdes, France, on January 7, 1844, the daughter of Francis and Louise Soubirous.
		On February 25, a spring emerged from the cave and the waters were discovered to be of a miraculous nature, capable of healing the sick and lame.
		Because the dogma had been officially proclaimed less than four years earlier, and Bernadette could not even have know of its existence, great credibility was given to Bernadette by her repetition of the Blessed Mother's word.
	www.christianmystics.com /traditional/women/bernadette1.shtml (441 words)

	Bernadette Soubirous Biography (Saint) — Infoplease.com
		Bernadette of Lourdes is the French saint whose body is said to have been miraculously preserved.
		In 1858, 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous had a vision of the Virgin Mary in a grotto near Lourdes.
		Despite some public skepticism, Bernadette held to her belief in the visions, which eventually were accepted as genuine by officials of the Catholic church.
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/bernadettesoubirous.html (331 words)

	St. Bernadette Soubirous - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
		Bernadette Soubirous was born in 1844, the first child of an extremely poor miller in the town of Lourdes in southern France.
		Bernadette, 14 years old, was known as a virtuous girl though a dull student who had not even made her first Holy Communion.
		According to Bernadette, the Lady of her visions was a girl of 16 or 17 who wore a white robe with a blue sash.
	www.americancatholic.org /Features/SaintOfDay/default.asp?id=1355 (555 words)

	Archdiocese of Los Angeles
		The Lady, Bernadette explained, had instructed her to have a chapel built on the spot of the visions.
		According to Bernadette, the Lady of her visions was a girl of 16 or 17 who wore a white robe with a blue sash.
		In the vision on March 25 she told Bernadette, "I am the Immaculate Conception." It was only when the words were explained to her that Bernadette came to realize who the Lady was.
	www.archdiocese.la /gospel/witness/index.php?indate=2006-04-16 (538 words)

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