{"id":1099419,"date":"2026-05-04T13:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/150-ans-du-couronnement-de-la-vierge-marie-a-lourdes\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:26:50","slug":"150-ans-du-couronnement-de-la-vierge-marie-a-lourdes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/150-ans-du-couronnement-de-la-vierge-marie-a-lourdes\/","title":{"rendered":"150th anniversary of the crowning of the Virgin Mary in Lourdes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1099419\" class=\"elementor elementor-1099419 elementor-1099209\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98b92bc elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98b92bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73e6aca\" data-id=\"73e6aca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52aba2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"52aba2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EN-couv.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1099421\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EN-couv.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EN-couv-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EN-couv-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EN-couv-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/EN-couv-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c77aa03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c77aa03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">150th anniversary of the crowning of the Virgin Mary in Lourdes<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a00244f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a00244f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4 May 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a55bda1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a55bda1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-732eba6\" data-id=\"732eba6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dfc317 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dfc317\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>This year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanctuary<\/a> is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the crowning of the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Crowning a statue is not just a matter of placing a precious adornment upon it. By crowning Mary, we affirm that she is Queen \u2013 not of power, but of tenderness and protection.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b2dfa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b2dfa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Let\u2019s make a wreath of flowers for Mary together<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca38c7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca38c7a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96a4893 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96a4893\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34eeb09 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34eeb09\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7621b6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7621b6d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8688b9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8688b9c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec03c29 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec03c29\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d791861 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d791861\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e59db19 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e59db19\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d597f3e\" data-id=\"d597f3e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a844e18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a844e18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Throughout May, the month of Mary, pilgrims to the Sanctuary of Lourdes are invited to help create a very special crown:<\/strong> no longer a crown of gold, but a crown of flowers. A crown offered as a gift, pieced together little by little, flower by flower,<a href=\"https:\/\/offrandes.lourdes-france.org\/en\/shop\/placing-a-petition-at-the-grotto-of-lourdes-11?utm_source=web&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> intention by intention.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Join in this expression of popular devotion by crowning our Heavenly Mother with us. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/benevole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Volunteers<\/strong> <\/a>at the Sanctuary will place your flower, along with those offered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/lourdes-pilgrimage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>pilgrims<\/strong><\/a> from all over the world, around the Crowned Virgin at the Sanctuary throughout the month of May.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c13122f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c13122f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd3722e\" data-id=\"fd3722e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6aed8e elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c6aed8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/offrandes.lourdes-france.org\/en\/shop\/give-a-flower-to-our-lady-of-lourdes-15?utm_source=web&#038;utm_medium=article-org&#038;utm_campaign=moisdemarie&#038;attribute_values=11\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Take part in the crown of flowers at Our Lady of Lourdes.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8284219 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8284219\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35a7edb\" data-id=\"35a7edb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f61d22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"2f61d22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IT-Fleurs-Jaunes-26.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73c6679\" data-id=\"73c6679\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e331054 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e331054\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/48-couronnedeFrance-1024x688.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1099238\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/48-couronnedeFrance-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/48-couronnedeFrance-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/48-couronnedeFrance-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/48-couronnedeFrance-1536x1033.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/48-couronnedeFrance-2048x1377.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The golden crown of Our Lady of Lourdes, crafted by the goldsmith Mellerio<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63c740a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63c740a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f08efb8\" data-id=\"f08efb8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f21e6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6f21e6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26_fleurs-jaunes-26-02-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1099350\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26_fleurs-jaunes-26-02-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26_fleurs-jaunes-26-02-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26_fleurs-jaunes-26-02-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26_fleurs-jaunes-26-02-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26_fleurs-jaunes-26-02-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-247b1fe\" data-id=\"247b1fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95bf150 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"95bf150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26_fleurs-jaunes-26-10-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1099358\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26_fleurs-jaunes-26-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26_fleurs-jaunes-26-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26_fleurs-jaunes-26-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26_fleurs-jaunes-26-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, 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