{"id":202585,"date":"2020-01-09T10:10:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T09:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/9-janvier-1844-bapteme-de-bernadette\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:58:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:58:37","slug":"9th-january-1844-bernadettes-baptism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/9th-january-1844-bernadettes-baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"9th January 1844, Bernadette\u2019s baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"202585\" class=\"elementor elementor-202585 elementor-201521\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10a9d3ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10a9d3ea\" 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-5ca86cf7\" data-id=\"5ca86cf7\" 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-598cf1d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"598cf1d2\" 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<h2><span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">A love marriage<\/span><\/h2>\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-616183e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"616183e\" 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>Bernadette Soubirous, like her brothers and sisters, was born out of a true love story. These was rare at that time. Fran\u00e7ois should have married the oldest of the Cast\u00e9rot daughters, Bernarde. But he was in love with the youngest, Louise who was just 17 years. His mother-in-law had no option but to give in to the evidence of this blossoming happiness.<\/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-506e605 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"506e605\" 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:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/bernadette-soubirous\/%20\">\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\">Read more<\/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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e60933 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e60933\" 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<h2><span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">Her baptism is announced<\/span><\/h2>\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-71c3c4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71c3c4a\" 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>Two days after her birth, on 9th January 1844, and as 19th century tradition in Lourdes dictated, Bernadette&#8217;s parents invited family, friends and neighbours to the baptismal feast around a large basket of fritters, the Bigourdan doughnut.<br \/>You can imagine this setting by going to visit one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/follow-the-pathway-of-cribs\/\">new cribs installed in the Rosary Basilica.<\/a><\/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-3a06039 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a06039\" 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=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PHOTO-2BIS_reduit_2019-creche-Rosaire-05-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-201553\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PHOTO-2BIS_reduit_2019-creche-Rosaire-05-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PHOTO-2BIS_reduit_2019-creche-Rosaire-05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PHOTO-2BIS_reduit_2019-creche-Rosaire-05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PHOTO-2BIS_reduit_2019-creche-Rosaire-05-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/PHOTO-2BIS_reduit_2019-creche-Rosaire-05.jpg 1200w\" 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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A love marriage Bernadette Soubirous, like her brothers and sisters, was born out of a true love story. 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