Our Lady of Lourdes

In 1858 there was an appearance, (I want to avoid the connotation of that other word,) of the Virgin Mary, the Immaculata, on earth, in a cavern called “de Massabielle” .... and to whom did she appear?
Bernadette Soubirous, an uneducated, probably not very bright peasant child.
Yes, by means of a poor, fourteen-year-old girl, Mary calls on us all to change our lives, to convert.
She calls us to know, to love and to serve her Son, through prayer and good works, especially in the service of the poor and the sick
Read about it. Say a rosary. Do something gracious for someone.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09389b.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_lady_of_lourdes


Also from Wiki:
Saint Bernadette, born Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (January 7, 1844 – April 16, 1879), was a miller's daughter from the town of Lourdes in southern France. Her real Occitan name is Maria Bernada Soubirous, aka Bernadeta (little Bernada). From February 11, to July 16, 1858, she reported eighteen apparitions of "a Lady." Despite initial skepticism from the Roman Catholic Church, these claims were eventually declared to be worthy of belief after a canonical investigation. After her death, Bernadette's body remained "incorruptible", and the shrine at Lourdes went on to become a major site for pilgrimage, attracting millions of Catholics each year. On December 8th, 1933 she was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church; her Feast Day is celebrated on the 16th of April.

One little tangent -- I'd never read her accounts before. Western Catholics once used terms like "Cheese Sunday"? I had no idea.