Sacred Journeys

Lourdes

Lourdes has become one of the holiest Catholic pilgrimage sites in the world, visited annually by more than five million people who come in search of healing from its sacred waters. Since the end of World War II, soldiers from around the world have journeyed to Lourdes seeking healing and unity with one another at a week-long gathering known as the International Military Pilgrimage.

Lourdes

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Lourdes has become one of the holiest Catholic pilgrimage sites in the world, visited annually by more than five million people who come in search of healing from its sacred waters. Since the end of World War II, soldiers from around the world have journeyed to Lourdes seeking healing and unity with one another at a week-long gathering known as the International Military Pilgrimage.

Previews + Extras

  • Notes from the Field: The Underground Basilica (Lourdes): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Notes from the Field: The Underground Basilica (Lourdes)

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    Take a look inside one of the world’s largest underground basilicas—big enough to hold 25,000 people—where active and retired servicemen and women assemble yearly as part of the military pilgrimage to Lourdes.

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    Lourdes (Preview)

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    Journey to the Catholic shrine of Lourdes with active duty and retired US veterans in search of healing. This episode of Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler premieres December 16 at 8/7C on PBS (check local listings). See more from Lourdes at http://pbs.org/sacredjourneys

  • Notes from the Field: Zach's Story (Lourdes): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Notes from the Field: Zach's Story (Lourdes)

    S1 E1 - 2m 22s

    Meet Cpl. Zach Herrick, a retired U.S. Army rifleman who was injured three months into his deployment to Afghanistan. Zach journeyed to Lourdes in search of healing.

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    Notes from the Field: Office of Medical Observ. (Lourdes)

    S1 E1 - 2m 44s

    Many may find spiritual healing in the rites and rituals of the pilgrimage to Lourdes, while others believe they find physical healing. Whenever someone claims they are physically cured by the waters of Lourdes, the case is evaluated by an international committee of medical professionals. Get an exclusive look at the records of the Office of Medical Observations.

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    Visions of the Virgin Mary (Lourdes)

    S1 E1 - 4m 21s

    Learn about Bernadette Soubirous, a young peasant who proclaimed in 1858 that she had had numerous encounters with the Virgin Mary in the small French village of Lourdes, in this video resource from PBS LearningMedia.

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