Lourdes, France

by Thursday, March 24, 2016

In 1858, Bernadette Soubirous - a 14 year old peasant girl - was collecting firewood in a rocky bluff by the River Gave de Pau in the little town of Lourdes. She saw the figure of a young girl, surrounded by light, in a crevice. Speaking to Bernadette in the local dialect, the apparition asked ...

Garabandal

by Thursday, March 24, 2016

San Sebastian of Garabandal is a small village in northern Spain, in the Santander province, near the Picos de Europa mountains. It is 600 meters above sea level, and to get there involves a steep climb and poor roads. Around 300 people live in the impressively quiet town. On June 18, 1961, four girls – Conchita, ...

FÁTIMA

by Thursday, March 24, 2016

Portugal is a small coastal nation in Europe’s south-west. Its western border is 1793 kilometres of the North Atlantic Ocean and to its north and east shares a border with Spain. It is a wonderfully diverse little country with lush green valleys and high mountains ranges, balmy beaches and olive groves and cork plantations all adding ...