Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes

O Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes, we come before you as did little Bernadette. We are confident that your Divine Son will look kindly upon any request you make of Him. Queen of Heaven, come to our aid and secure for us the favor we seek in this novena:
(make your request)
Our Lady of Lourdes, show unto us the mercy of the Mother of God, be our comfort, hope, strength, and consolation. Amen.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
St. Bernadette, pray for us.
 

From the early days of St Louis Bertrand Parish there existed a great devotion to Mary's Rosary. After Mary's appearance at Lourdes in 1858 with a rosary in her hands, the parish planned and built a grotto similar to the one in Lourdes.  This was one of the earliest Grotto Shrines to Our Lady of Lourdes erected in the world.  The Shrine remains very similar today, though the running water has been removed and Stained-Glass windows of other apparitions have been added.