#Bernadette de Lourdes

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Le crime d’Academia ? Avoir rapproché foi et identité.

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The Miraculous Medal

In November of 1830, Mary again appeared to St. Catherine at the Rue de Bac Chapel. This time, our Blessed Mother was standing on a globe, with dazzling rays of light streaming from her outstretched hands. Framing the apparition was an inscription: “O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.” When Mary spoke to St. Catherine, she said “Have a medal struck upon this model. Those who wear it will receive great graces, especially if they wear it around the neck. Those who repeat this prayer with devotion will be, in a special manner, under the protection of the Mother of God. Graces will be abundantly bestowed upon those who have confidence.”

The Miraculous Medal was originally called the Medal of the Immaculate Conception, but, because of the numerous accounts of miracles by those who wore it, people began to call it the Miraculous Medal, and the name stuck. The Medal is a visual reminder of our salvation through Jesus Christ.

The Front Side

The front side of the Miraculous Medal depicts Mary Immaculate, her hands open, full of light. St. Catherine Labouré saw Our Lady appear like this and heard her say, “Have a medal made according to this model. Everyone who wears it around their neck will receive great graces.” Mary stands upon the globe as the Queen of Heaven and Earth. Her feet crush the serpent to proclaim that Satan and all his followers are helpless before her (Gn. 3:15). The year 1830 on the Miraculous Medal is the year the Blessed Mother gave the design of the Miraculous Medal to St. Catherine. The reference to “Mary conceived without sin” supports the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary — referring to Mary being sinless, “full of grace,” and “blessed among women” (Lk. 1:28). The dogma of the Immaculate Conception was proclaimed 24 years later in 1854, and then confirmed when Mary appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France, in 1858.

• Mary stands on a globe, crushing a serpent beneath her feet. Describing the original vision, Catherine said the Blessed Mother appeared radiant as a sunrise, "in all her perfect beauty."

• Rays shoot out from Mary's hands, which she told Catherine, "... symbolize the graces I shed upon those who ask for them."

• Words from the vision form an oval frame around Mary: "O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee."

Seen as a matrix, the elements of the front design encapsulate major Marian tenets:

Quality of Our Lady As Illustrated by the Medal

• Mother - Her open arms, the "recourse" we have in her.

• Immaculate - The words, "conceived without sin."

• Assumed into Heaven - She stands on the globe.

• Mediatrix - Rays from her hands symbolizing "graces."

• Our Protection - Crushes the serpent (Gn 3:15).

The Reverse Side

On the reverse side, the Cross and the letter M symbolize the close relationship of Mary to the suffering, passion, and death of her Son. The cross can symbolize Christ and our redemption, with the bar under the cross a sign of the earth and the Altar, for it is on the Altar at Mass that the Sacrifice of Calvary continues to be present in the world today. The M signifies “Mary” and “Mother.” The interweaving of Mary’s initial and the cross shows Mary’s close involvement with Jesus and our world. In this, we see Mary’s part in our salvation and her role as Mother of the Church.

Beneath the Cross, bar, and the M are two hearts side‐by‐side: the Sacred Heart of Jesus crowned with thorns and the Immaculate Heart of Mary pierced by a sword. The two hearts represent the love of Jesus and Mary for us.

The twelve stars signify the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve apostles, who represent the entire Church as it surrounds Mary. They also recall the vision of Saint John, writer of the Book of Revelation (12:1), in which “a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of 12 stars.”

• A cross-and-bar surmounts a large, bold "M."

• 12 stars disperse around the perimeter.

• Two hearts are depicted underneath the "M," the left lapped with a crown of thorns, the right skewed by a sword. From each, a flame emanates from the top. Again, employing a grid analysis, we can see how the reverse-side design contains great symbolism reflecting major tenets of the Catholic faith.

Design Element and its Catholic Meaning

• The large letter "M" - Mary as Mother, Mediatrix.

• Cross and bar - Jesus' Cross of Redemption.

• 12 stars - 12 Apostles, who formed the first Church.

• Left Heart - The Sacred Heart, who died for our sins.

• Right Heart - The Immaculate Heart, who intercedes for us.

• Flames - The burning love Jesus and Mary have for us.

(Sources: 1 + 2)

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Notre-Dames de Betharam / Our Lady of Betharam, France (1503), St Pope Soter, St Pope Vaius - Martyrs and the Saints for 22 April

Notre-Dames de Betharam / Our Lady of Betharam, France (1503) – 22 April:Saint Bernadette Soubirous frequently visited the Shrine of Betharram. In fact, the rosary beads that Bernadette used when praying with the Blessed Virgin during the first apparition at Lourdes had come from the Betharram Shrine and the priest to whom she was sent after the apparitions, was Saint Michel Garicoïts (1797-1863)…

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"Célébrons aujourd'hui Notre-Dame de Guadalupe, sainte patronne de l'Amérique Latine 🙏

Prions ensemble celle qui dans une lumière éblouissante apparut à Juan Diego, comme Notre-Dame de #Lourdes apparut à Bernadette.

📷 ©Photo SNDL / Pierre Vincent"

-Courtesy-

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Sanctuaire Notre Dame de Lourdes - 2. Au Moyen-Âge, la cité médiévale de “Lorda” est protégée par des remparts, sa forteresse et son donjon. Depuis 1022, les comtes de Bigorre siègent dans le château. Sa position est stratégique entre plaine et vallées, elle permet de contrôler les échanges économiques ou guerriers entre la Bigorre et le Béarn, ainsi qu’entre l’Espagne et la France.

1216, Simon de Montfort et son fils Guy de Montfort tentent sans succès d'assiéger le château. L’Eglise catholique combat l’hérésie cathare, c’est la croisade contre les “Albigeois”.

1360, la guerre de cent ans, au travers du traité de Brétigny, place la Bigorre et le château de Lourdes entre les mains des Anglais. Le château abrite alors les “Compagnons de Lourdes”, mercenaires et rançonneurs sans merci.

1374, la ville de Lourdes est incendiée dans la lutte entre Français et Anglais.

1407, les Français, après plusieurs tentatives infructueuses, reprennent possession du château.

Pendant les guerres de religions, les habitants majoritairement catholiques se défendent contre les attaques protestantes.

De 1569 à 1573, la ville est détruite, les habitants qui n’ont pas trouvé refuge au château sont massacrés.

L'époque moderne

A partir de 1599, la ville tente de renaître et se reconstruit, crée de nouvelles routes.

Fin du XVIIème siècle, le château devient forteresse royale. Il reçoit la visite de l’ingénieur du roi Louis XIV, Vauban, qui fait réaliser le pont-levis à corne. Durant cette période, de royaux, le château n'accueille que les prisonniers.

En 1750 un séisme détruit une partie de la ville et endommage le château.

L'époque contemporaine

En 1856, Bernadette Soubirous se rétablit d’une tuberculose et du choléra, sa santé est fragile.

Son père fait faillite, il est obligé de vendre le moulin qui faisait vivre la famille. Sans un sou, ils trouvent refuge dans un ancien cachot et vivent dans la misère.

En 1858, elle a 14 ans mais ne sait ni lire ni écrire. Pourtant Bernadette s'apprête à vivre une rencontre rare et précieuse. La Vierge Marie lui apparaît 18 fois entre le 11 février et le 16 juillet de la même année, à la grotte Massabielle, située le long du Gave.

Le 18 janvier 1862, l’Eglise catholique reconnaît sept guérisons miraculeuses obtenues par l'intercession de Notre Dame de Lourdes. C’est aussi l’année de reconnaissance officielle des apparitions de “La dame blanche” à Bernadette.

En 1874, la “Chapelle de Lourdes” est proclamée basilique.

En 1883, la première pierre de l’église Notre-Dame du Rosaire est posée. L’édifice est achevé six ans plus tard et sera consacré en 1901.

En 1889, le château perd le statut de prison et sera racheté par la ville de Lourdes en 1894.

1921, le Musée Pyrénéen est créé. Il est inauguré deux ans plus tard et figure parmi les musées de France depuis 2002.

Le 8 décembre 1933, Bernadette Soubirous décédée le 16 avril 1879, est canonisée par le pape Pie XI.

Le 25 mars 1958, consécration de la basilique souterraine Saint-Pie X.

En 1983, le pape Jean-Paul II vient à Lourdes et reviendra en 2004 à l'occasion des 150 ans du dogme de l’Immaculée Conception.

En 1995, le château est classé monument historique.

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A conhecida aparição de Nossa Senhora em Lourdes se deu no início de 1858. Neste ano, muitas coisas estavam acontecendo na França e no mundo, durante o assim chamado segundo Império Francês: reinava Napoleão III e muitas ideologias e perigos estavam aproximando-se da vida de fé dos católicos. Como nada escapa aos olhos divinos, Deus envia Sua amadíssima Mãe a uma pequena camponesa de 14 anos, chamada Bernadette Soubirous, durante uma inocente busca de lenha no campo. Mas o que Bernadette encontrou foi a visão de “uma menina, tão pequena como ela, vestida de branco, com uma faixa-azul presa na cintura, com um rosário em suas mãos em oração e rosas de ouro amarelo, uma em cada pé”. Isto aconteceu no dia 11 de fevereiro de 1858. ● No dia 14 de fevereiro, novamente Ela lhe apareceu e rezaram o Rosário juntas; ● Em 18 de fevereiro, Bernadette foi informada pela Senhora para retornar à gruta durante 15 dias; ● No dia 19 começa o hábito de levar velas acesas; ● No dia 20, Maria lhe ensina uma oração pessoal; ● No dia 21, Nossa Senhora, muito triste, pediu-lhe que rezasse pelos pecadores; ● No dia 23, Ela pediu para Bernadette falar aos os sacerdotes que construíssem um santuário; ● No dia 24 de fevereiro, a Senhora pediu orações e penitência pela conversão dos pecadores; ● No dia 25 de fevereiro, novamente lhe apareceu e pediu para cavar o chão e beber a água da nascente que encontrou; ● No dia 25 de março, Nossa Senhora lhe diz que é “A Imaculada Conceição”; ● No dia 7 de abril, um médico examinou Bernadette e observou que sua mãos seguravam uma vela acesa e, mesmo assim, não possuíam qualquer queimadura; ● No dia 16 de julho, Bernadette viu pela última vez Nossa Senhora; ● Em 17 de novembro, a Igreja decidiu abrir uma comissão de inquérito; ● Em 18 de janeiro de 1860, o bispo local declarou que “a Virgem Maria apareceu de fato à jovem Bernadette". Então, afinal de contas, com tantas datas, qual é o dia de nossa Senhora de Lourdes? A festa de Nossa Senhora de Lourdes é celebrada no dia 11 de fevereiro. https://www.instagram.com/p/CohhFEvAyFw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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08/12 - IMACULADA CONCEIÇÃO. No dia 08 de dezembro, a Igreja Católica, celebra a Imaculada Conceição da Santíssima Virgem Maria, o dogma de fé segundo o qual a Mãe do Jesus foi preservada do pecado desde o momento de sua concepção, ou seja, desde o instante em que começou sua vida humana. Em 8 de dezembro de 1854, através da bula Ineffabilis Deus do Papa Pio IX, a Igreja oficialmente reconheceu e declarou solenemente como dogma: “Maria isenta do pecado original”. A própria Virgem Maria, na sua aparição em Lourdes, em 1858, confirmou a definição dogmática e a fé do povo dizendo para Santa Bernadette e para todos nós: “Eu Sou a Imaculada Conceição”. Vale lembrar que neste dia 8 de dezembro é dia de preceito na Solenidade da Imaculada Conceição. "Quem faltar a missa, a não ser por motivo grave e justo, incorre em pecado mortal, tendo que recorrer ao sacramento da confissão posteriormente. Se programe e não deixe de ir à missa. Veja uma Igreja perto do trabalho, escola, universidade ou vai a sua paróquia ao voltar de suas atividades". Rezemos pedindo a poderosa intercessão da Imaculada Conceição da Santíssima Virgem Maria. Após rezar, diga rogai por nós e partilhe essa devoção com seus amigos e familiares. OREMOS: Virgem Santíssima, que fostes concebida sem o pecado original e por isto merecestes o título de Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição. E por terdes evitado todos os outros pecados, o Anjo Gabriel vos saudou com as belas palavras: Ave Maria, cheia de graça. Nós vos pedimos que nos alcanceis do vosso divino Filho o auxílio necessário para vencermos as tentações e evitarmos os pecados e, já que vós chamamos de Mãe, atendei-nos com carinho maternal e ajudai-nos a viver como dignos filhos vossos. Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição, rogai por nós. Amém. #nscm #solenidade #santododia #imaculadaconceição 🙏❤ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl50gh1ulQb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Le Maréchal Foch (officier de l’armée française) est né à Tarbes, près de Lourdes. Dans son enfance, il a connu la petite Bernadette... il a joué avec elle dans le jardin de sa marraine. A 20 ans, il se consacre à Marie. 1914 : la Grande Guerre. Foch invoque chaque jour la Sainte Vierge. Par-dessus tout, il croyait à l’efficacité de la prière. Dans les dernières semaines de la guerre, il assiste tous les matins à la messe, puis va réciter son chapelet avant de se mettre au travail. « C’est de ma mère que je tiens ma croyance en Notre Dame. J’ai dit mon chapelet tous les jours de ma vie. - Même aux jours de grande bataille ? J’en avais encore plus besoin ! Maintes fois je me suis vu pris. Alors je m’accrochais à Elle comme un enfant de 2 ans s’accroche à sa mère. Je lui demandais l’inspiration. Elle nous a toujours sauvés. » Ses victoires, c’est toujours à l’Immaculée qu’il les attribue. La gloire, les honneurs qu’il reçoit comme vainqueur, il “renvoie” tout à sa bonne Mère du Ciel.

Abbé Jean-Pierre Putois

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Santa Bernadette soubirous de Lourdes(Francia)

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BERNADETTE DE LOURDES - Montpellier, France | 8 Jun, 2024.

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Holidays 4.16

Holidays

Anemone Day (French Republic)

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Frühjahrsbierfest begins (modern festival) [thru 5.8]

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3rd Tuesday in April

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National Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Awareness Week [thru 4.22]

Independence & Related Days

Cyrillic Federal Republic (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning April 16, 2024

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Cheese Expo (Madison, Wisconsin) [thru 4.18]

Food + Beverage Environmental Conference (Miramar, Florida) [thru 4.19]

Grifton Shad Festival (Grafton, North Carolina) [thru 4.20]

South Bohemian International Beer Festival (Zlatá Pivni Pečet; České Budějovice, Czech Republic) [thru 4.20]

Feast Days

All Hookers’ Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Anatole France (Writerism)

Baby Natasha (Muppetism)

Benedict Joseph Labre (Christian; Saint)

Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes (Christian; Saint)

Bundling Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Contardo (Christian; Saint)

Days of Mushroom Encouragement (Shamanism)

Dimon (Christian; Saint)

Drogo (Christian; Saint)

Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun (Artology)

Encratis (Christian; Martyr & Virgin)

Feast of the Divine Mercy

Ford Madox Brown (Artology)

Fructuosus of Braga (Christian; Saint)

Hiketeria (Festival to Apollo; Ancient Greece; Everyday Wicca)

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Iduna’s Blot (Pagan)

Isabella Gilmore (Church of England)

Joachim of Sienna (Christian; Saint)

Joseph Labre (Christian; Saint)

Kingsley Amis (Writerism)

Magnus of Orkney (Christian; Saint)

Martyrs of Zaragoza (a.k.a. 18 Martyrs of Saragossa; Christian)

Messalina Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Miss Corner (Muppetism)

Molly Brant (Konwatsijayenni) (Anglican Church of Canada, Episcopal Church)

Offering to Demeter Khloe (Goddess of Green Shoots; Ancient Greece)

Optatos and Companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Padarn (Christian; Saint)

Paternus (Christian; Saint)

Ridvan begins (Baha’i)

Sapho, by Charles Gounod (Opera; 1851)

Sea Monkey Soup Day (Pastafarian)

Spring Cleaning Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Turibius of Astorga (Christian; Saint)

Varro (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [15 of 53]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [16 of 37]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [21 of 60]

Premieres

Antboy (Film; 2014)

Benny & Joon (Film; 1993)

The Best and the Brightest, by David Halberstam (Book; 1973)

Book of the Month Club (Bookselling Subscription; 1926)

Brown Sugar, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1971)

Bug Carnival (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Bulletproof Monk (Film; 2003)

Daddy Duck (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

Death at a Funeral (Film; 2010)

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Anime Film; 2021)

Everybody Loves Somebody, recorded by Dean Martin (Song; 1964)

Everything Is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safron Foer (Novel; 2002)

Fibber McGee and Molly (Radio Series; 1935)

The Foolish Bunny (Color Rhapsody; 1938)

The Ginger Bread Boy (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1934)

Goopy Geer (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)

Hair Today Gone Tomorrow (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1959)

The Hole Idea (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

Horrible Histories (TV Series; 2009)

Hospitaliky (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1937)

The House That Jack Built (Color Rhapsody; 1939)

It Don’t Come Easy, by Ringo Starr (Song; 1971)

James Paul McCartney, by Paul McCartney (TV Special; 1973)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Film; 2004)

Kiss-Ass (Film; 2010)

Le Prophète, by Giacomo Meyerbeer (Opera; 1849)

Life During Wartime (Film; 1998)

Love & Basketball (Film; 2000)

A Mighty Wind (Film; 2003)

Mother Goose Melodies (Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1931)

The Music Box (Short Film; 1932)

My Neighbor Totoro (Studio Ghibli Animated Film; 1988)

The Organization Man, by William H. Whyte Jr. (Book; 1957)

Porky’s Five & Ten (WB LT Cartoon; 1938)

Poultry Pirates (MGM Cartoon; 1938)

The Punisher (Film; 2004)

The Rolling Stones, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1964)

Romeo and Juliet (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

The Sound of the Mountain, by Yasunari Kawabata (Novel; 1954)

The Spy Who Loved Me, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1959) [James Bond #10]

Spy x Family (Anime TV Series; 2022)

The Sunlight Dialogues, by John Gardner (Novel; 1973)

Temple of the Dog, by Temple of the Dog (Album; 1991)

This Land is Your Land, recorded by Woody Guthrie (Song; 1944)

The White Princess (TV Series; 2017)

Wide Sargasso Sea (Film; 1993)

Zooey, by J.D. Salinger (Novella; 1957) [Collected in Franny & Zooey in 1961]

Today’s Name Days

Bernadette, Magnus (Austria)

Velichka, Velichko, Velin, Velina (Bulgaria)

Bernardica, Leonida (Croatia)

Irena (Czech Republic)

Mariane (Denmark)

Olivia, Olve, Olvi (Estonia)

Jalo, Patrik (Finland)

Benoît-Joseph, Rameaux (France)

Bernadette, Joachim, Magnus (Germany)

Anastasios, Calis, Galini, Galinos, Hionia, Lambros, Niki, Paschalis (Greece)

Csongor (Hungary)

Bernadette, Giuditta, Grazia, Lamberto, Maria (Italy)

Alfs, Mindaugs, Mintauts (Latvia)

Algedė, Gražvydas, Kalikstas (Lithuania)

Magnus, Mons (Norway)

Benedykt, Bernadetta, Cecyl, Cecylian, Charyzjusz, Erwin, Erwina, Julia, Ksenia, Lambert, Lamberta, Nikita, Nosisław, Patrycy, Urban (Poland)

Agapi, Hionia, Irina (Romania)

Dana, Danica (Slovakia)

Engracia, Fructuoso, Toribio (Spain)

Patricia, Patrik (Sweden)

Irene, Oryna, Orysia (Ukraine)

Kareem, Magnus, Malvin, Malvina, Melva, Melvin, Melvina (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 107 of 2024; 259 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 16 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 8 (Getg-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 7 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 7 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 17 Cyan; Threesday [17 of 30]

Julian: 3 April 2024

Moon: 58%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 23 Archimedes (4th Month) [Columella]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 29 of 92)

Week: 3rd Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 27 of 31)

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Notre-Dames de Betharam / Our Lady of Betharam, France (1503) and Memorials of the Saints - 22 April

Saturday in the Second Week after Easter Notre-Dames de Betharam / Our Lady of Betharam, France (1503) – 22 April:Saint Bernadette Soubirous frequently visited the Shrine of Betharram. In fact, the rosary beads that Bernadette used when praying with the Blessed Virgin during the first apparition at Lourdes had come from the Betharram Shrine and the priest to whom she was sent after the…

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Holidays 4.16

Holidays

Anemone Day (French Republic)

Battle of Culloden Day (UK)

Charlie Chaplin Day

Day of the Badger (Wisconsin)

Dronningens Fodelsdag (Denmark)

Emancipation Day (DC)

Flat Stomach Appreciation Day

Foursquare Day

Frühjahrsbierfest begins (modern festival) [thru 5.8]

Good Deeds Day

International 4p-/Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome Awareness Day

Jimmy Buffet Day (Florida)

Jim Thorpe Day

Jose de Diego Day (Puerto Rico)

Lawyers’ Day (Bulgaria)

Liberating the Rainbow Lost in White Light Festival

Memorial Day for the Victims of the Holocaust (Hungary)

Militiamen Day (Cuba)

National Advance Care Planning Day (Canada)

National Angel Day

National Auctioneers Day

National Bean Counters’ Day

National Cash Day

National Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day

National CPA's Goof-Off Day [Day after Tax Day]

National Healthcare Decisions Day

National Horny Day

National Joseph Day

National Librarian Day

National OK Day

National Orchid Day

National Reveal the Genius Within Day

National Selena Day

National Slip-On Shoes Day

National Stress Awareness Day

National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day

Orkney Day

Police Day (Armenia)

Queen Margrethe II Day (Denmark)

Remembrance of the Chemical Attack on Balisan and Sheikh Was (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Royalty Day

Save the Elephant Day

Teach Your Daughter to Volunteer Day

Totoro Day

Vadai Day (India)

World Day of Entrepreneurship

World Entrepreneurship Day

World Semicolon Day

World Shoes by Flora Day (Nigeria)

World Voice Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Brown Sugar Day

Dagwood Sandwich Day

Day of Mushroom Encouragement (a.k.a. Day of the Mushroom)

Eggs Benedict Day

Mushroom Day

National Baked Ham with Pineapple Day

National Eggs Benedict Day

Raw-Milk Cheese Appreciation Day

3rd Tuesday in April

Transportation Tuesday [3rd Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning April 16 (3rd Week)

National Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer Awareness Week [thru 4.22]

Independence & Related Days

Cyrillic Federal Republic (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning April 16, 2024

Cartagena Film Festival (Cartagena, Colombia) [thru 4.21]

Charlotte Wine and Food Week (Charlotte, North Carolina) [thru 4.21]

Cheese Expo (Madison, Wisconsin) [thru 4.18]

Food + Beverage Environmental Conference (Miramar, Florida) [thru 4.19]

Grifton Shad Festival (Grafton, North Carolina) [thru 4.20]

South Bohemian International Beer Festival (Zlatá Pivni Pečet; České Budějovice, Czech Republic) [thru 4.20]

Feast Days

All Hookers’ Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Anatole France (Writerism)

Baby Natasha (Muppetism)

Benedict Joseph Labre (Christian; Saint)

Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes (Christian; Saint)

Bundling Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Contardo (Christian; Saint)

Days of Mushroom Encouragement (Shamanism)

Dimon (Christian; Saint)

Drogo (Christian; Saint)

Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun (Artology)

Encratis (Christian; Martyr & Virgin)

Feast of the Divine Mercy

Ford Madox Brown (Artology)

Fructuosus of Braga (Christian; Saint)

Hiketeria (Festival to Apollo; Ancient Greece; Everyday Wicca)

Holiday of Ra (Ancient Egypt)

Iduna’s Blot (Pagan)

Isabella Gilmore (Church of England)

Joachim of Sienna (Christian; Saint)

Joseph Labre (Christian; Saint)

Kingsley Amis (Writerism)

Magnus of Orkney (Christian; Saint)

Martyrs of Zaragoza (a.k.a. 18 Martyrs of Saragossa; Christian)

Messalina Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Miss Corner (Muppetism)

Molly Brant (Konwatsijayenni) (Anglican Church of Canada, Episcopal Church)

Offering to Demeter Khloe (Goddess of Green Shoots; Ancient Greece)

Optatos and Companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Padarn (Christian; Saint)

Paternus (Christian; Saint)

Ridvan begins (Baha’i)

Sapho, by Charles Gounod (Opera; 1851)

Sea Monkey Soup Day (Pastafarian)

Spring Cleaning Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Turibius of Astorga (Christian; Saint)

Varro (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [15 of 53]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [16 of 37]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [21 of 60]

Premieres

Antboy (Film; 2014)

Benny & Joon (Film; 1993)

The Best and the Brightest, by David Halberstam (Book; 1973)

Book of the Month Club (Bookselling Subscription; 1926)

Brown Sugar, by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1971)

Bug Carnival (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1937)

Bulletproof Monk (Film; 2003)

Daddy Duck (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

Death at a Funeral (Film; 2010)

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (Anime Film; 2021)

Everybody Loves Somebody, recorded by Dean Martin (Song; 1964)

Everything Is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safron Foer (Novel; 2002)

Fibber McGee and Molly (Radio Series; 1935)

The Foolish Bunny (Color Rhapsody; 1938)

The Ginger Bread Boy (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1934)

Goopy Geer (WB MM Cartoon; 1932)

Hair Today Gone Tomorrow (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1959)

The Hole Idea (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

Horrible Histories (TV Series; 2009)

Hospitaliky (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1937)

The House That Jack Built (Color Rhapsody; 1939)

It Don’t Come Easy, by Ringo Starr (Song; 1971)

James Paul McCartney, by Paul McCartney (TV Special; 1973)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Film; 2004)

Kiss-Ass (Film; 2010)

Le Prophète, by Giacomo Meyerbeer (Opera; 1849)

Life During Wartime (Film; 1998)

Love & Basketball (Film; 2000)

A Mighty Wind (Film; 2003)

Mother Goose Melodies (Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1931)

The Music Box (Short Film; 1932)

My Neighbor Totoro (Studio Ghibli Animated Film; 1988)

The Organization Man, by William H. Whyte Jr. (Book; 1957)

Porky’s Five & Ten (WB LT Cartoon; 1938)

Poultry Pirates (MGM Cartoon; 1938)

The Punisher (Film; 2004)

The Rolling Stones, by The Rolling Stones (Album; 1964)

Romeo and Juliet (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

The Sound of the Mountain, by Yasunari Kawabata (Novel; 1954)

The Spy Who Loved Me, by Ian Fleming (Novel; 1959) [James Bond #10]

Spy x Family (Anime TV Series; 2022)

The Sunlight Dialogues, by John Gardner (Novel; 1973)

Temple of the Dog, by Temple of the Dog (Album; 1991)

This Land is Your Land, recorded by Woody Guthrie (Song; 1944)

The White Princess (TV Series; 2017)

Wide Sargasso Sea (Film; 1993)

Zooey, by J.D. Salinger (Novella; 1957) [Collected in Franny & Zooey in 1961]

Today’s Name Days

Bernadette, Magnus (Austria)

Velichka, Velichko, Velin, Velina (Bulgaria)

Bernardica, Leonida (Croatia)

Irena (Czech Republic)

Mariane (Denmark)

Olivia, Olve, Olvi (Estonia)

Jalo, Patrik (Finland)

Benoît-Joseph, Rameaux (France)

Bernadette, Joachim, Magnus (Germany)

Anastasios, Calis, Galini, Galinos, Hionia, Lambros, Niki, Paschalis (Greece)

Csongor (Hungary)

Bernadette, Giuditta, Grazia, Lamberto, Maria (Italy)

Alfs, Mindaugs, Mintauts (Latvia)

Algedė, Gražvydas, Kalikstas (Lithuania)

Magnus, Mons (Norway)

Benedykt, Bernadetta, Cecyl, Cecylian, Charyzjusz, Erwin, Erwina, Julia, Ksenia, Lambert, Lamberta, Nikita, Nosisław, Patrycy, Urban (Poland)

Agapi, Hionia, Irina (Romania)

Dana, Danica (Slovakia)

Engracia, Fructuoso, Toribio (Spain)

Patricia, Patrik (Sweden)

Irene, Oryna, Orysia (Ukraine)

Kareem, Magnus, Malvin, Malvina, Melva, Melvin, Melvina (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 107 of 2024; 259 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 16 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Saille (Willow) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 8 (Getg-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 7 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 7 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 17 Cyan; Threesday [17 of 30]

Julian: 3 April 2024

Moon: 58%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 23 Archimedes (4th Month) [Columella]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 29 of 92)

Week: 3rd Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 27 of 31)

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Sanctuaire de Notre Dame de Lourdes. Lourdes attire chaque année plus de 6 millions de visiteurs venant de plus de 140 pays dans le monde.

La ville de Lourdes est mondialement connue par son paysage d’exception et son histoire extraordinaire.

Lourdes doit sa renommée à la célèbre histoire de Bernadette Soubirous. En 1858 la vierge Marie apparaît à la jeune Bernadette Soubirous, alors âgée de 14 ans, dans la grotte de Massabielle.

Le sanctuaire de notre Dame de Lourdes est aussi connu pour sa source « miraculeuse ».

L’eau aux vertus guérisseuses aurait ainsi permis 68 guérisons à Lourdes reconnues par l’église catholique.

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O Santuário de BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS, a Vidente de LOURDES