{"id":33327,"date":"2019-03-14T15:21:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/25-mars-la-dame-dit-son-nom-je-suis-limmaculee-conception\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:52:21","slug":"25th-march-the-lady-says-her-name-i-am-the-immaculate-conception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/25th-march-the-lady-says-her-name-i-am-the-immaculate-conception\/","title":{"rendered":"25th march: The Lady says her name &#8220;I am the Immaculate Conception&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"33327\" class=\"elementor elementor-33327 elementor-33107 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-345b57d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"345b57d8\" 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-25828ea5\" data-id=\"25828ea5\" 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-419c38f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"419c38f\" 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>The feast of the Annunciation, 25th March, is not particularly celebrated in Lourdes, unlike 11th February, the anniversary of the first apparition. Yet, when the Lady says her name, she also opens her heart, she says who she is in the eyes of God, who she is for us: the Immaculate Conception, perfectly open to the Love that she radiates.<\/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-e730b56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e730b56\" 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>This year we would like to solemnise the day of 25th March a little more with a more festive mass, and an international rosary at the Grotto. We would like you to be with us in spirit by letting us mention your union with us.<\/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-a835106 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a835106\" 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>In the sanctuary on <span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">25th march<\/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-12988bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12988bc\" 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: #e8a702;\"><strong>11.15 am<\/strong><\/span> Mass at the Rosary Basilica.<br \/><span style=\"color: #e8a702;\"><strong>12 noon<\/strong><\/span> Angelus for France at the Grotto.<br \/><span style=\"color: #e8a702;\"><strong>3.30 pm<\/strong><\/span> International Rosary at the Grotto, in the presence of the Family of Our Lady of Lourdes.<br \/><span style=\"color: #e8a702;\"><strong>4.15 pm<\/strong><\/span> Vespers in the Immaculate Conception Basilica<\/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-f84207d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f84207d\" 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>Join the <span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">family Of Our Lady Of Lourdes<br \/><\/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-3b7c0d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b7c0d3\" 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>On 22nd August 2016, the very old Archconfraternity of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady of Lourdes was resurrected as the Family of Our Lady of Lourdes. It means that we can continue to enjoy the fruits of Mary&#8217;s meeting with Bernadette, thanks in particular to the sharing of a monthly letter that awakens the vitality of our baptism by giving us a chance to share in Mary&#8217;s faith.<\/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-bd1367f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd1367f\" 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>Both individuals and groups can join. It is not about additional rituals, but rather providing a Marian home for the whole of our Christian life. It is the light of the Grotto that accompanies us every day. The sign of our membership takes the form of the blue scapular of Mary and Bernadette. In concrete terms, we are also invited to donate a fee of \u20ac 30 for three years, which will provide a fund for the celebration of masses for the members of the Family, especially the Pilgrim Mass on Saturdays.<\/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-7d30bfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d30bfe\" 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>Benefit from an <span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">Indulgence<\/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-9b4b64f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b4b64f\" 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>In this Bernadette Year, we asked Rome to confirm that it would allow the indulgences that had been previously granted to the Archconfraternity. The response has come back in the affirmative.<\/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-ab2fc17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab2fc17\" 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>We would especially like to share with all the friends of Lourdes the grace of Mercy which is offered to us by being part of the Family of Our Lady of Lourdes.<br \/>You will find below the &#8220;<a href=\"\/en\/family-of-our-lady-of-lourdes\">Rules<\/a>&#8221; of the Family. You can let us know if you intend to join the prayer on 25th March and would like to join the Family as a group or individually.<\/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-e84fc34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e84fc34\" 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>Mary asked Bernadette to go and ask the priests to build a chapel in Lourdes. I believe she would be delighted to see these small spiritual groups grow, an oasis of divine tenderness in our harsh world.<\/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-ad551e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ad551e5\" 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-1d89360\" data-id=\"1d89360\" 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-5345498 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5345498\" 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;\">2019 \u2013 A Bernadette Year<\/span><br \/>The grace of mercy offered to all the friends of Lourdes<\/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-9b33a42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b33a42\" 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>In 2019, the Bernadette year, we would especially like to offer the grace of Mercy to all the friends of Lourdes. Individuals and groups are invited to join the <a href=\"\/en\/family-of-our-lady-of-lourdes\">Family of Our Lady of Lourdes<\/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-ff5d0e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff5d0e2\" 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\/2019\/03\/processionmarialedunational2_\u00a9Pierre_Vincent-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-33273\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/processionmarialedunational2_\u00a9Pierre_Vincent-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/processionmarialedunational2_\u00a9Pierre_Vincent-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/processionmarialedunational2_\u00a9Pierre_Vincent-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/processionmarialedunational2_\u00a9Pierre_Vincent-380x253.jpg 380w\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4359c64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4359c64\" 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;\">God,\u00a0<\/span>our Father rich in mercy<\/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-2ae37e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ae37e6\" 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>A pilgrimage to Lourdes is just one step on the path of life. Our entire existence is a pilgrimage to our Heavenly home. A foretaste of this paradise is already offered to us in shared love, the fruit of God\u2019s merciful heart. He came to us as a tiny baby so that we would not be afraid of him, so that we would not be afraid of each other anymore.<\/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-e06f506 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e06f506\" 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>In Lourdes, on 25th March, the Lady said her name to Bernadette: &#8220;I am the Immaculate Conception\u201d. I am the creature who is completely transparent to the Light: I let the Love of the Saviour who comes to take flesh in me, flow freely. The created and the Creator are one in the womb.<\/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-ac3f162 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac3f162\" 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>From then on, sin is conquered, death is suspended. And whenever a child is immersed, through baptism, in the life of Jesus, the only Son, the resurrection is at work. Whenever, through the sacrament of Penance, we relive the grace of baptism, we are reborn. And all the consequences of the sin that we continue to drag behind us can be reduced to nothing by the superabundance of God\u2019s gift. His indulgence is unlimited for the prodigal son who returns to him.<\/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-148a8ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"148a8ab\" 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>When we go to confession, receive communion, and pray for the intentions of the Church and the Pope, at certain special times, we receive a plenary indulgence: we let ourselves be transported into the burning heart of our God. The requirement and the gift of Love.<\/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-99f7490 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99f7490\" 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>At Lourdes, we receive an indulgence on a variety of occasions, which are outlined below (Appendix), according to the standards of the <em>Enchiridion Indulgentiarum<\/em> of 16th July 1999.<\/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-b32a2ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b32a2ec\" 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>The <span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">family of Our Lady of Lourdes<\/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-06c56b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06c56b3\" 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>At the end of the Jubilee Year of Mercy on 22nd August 2016, the bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes also encouraged a return to a true expression of Mercy. If we join the Family, we can take advantage of a plenary indulgence once a year, choosing from the following occasions: the anniversary of our affiliation, the most important days of the Apparitions (11th February, first apparition; 18th February, the day on which Bernadette was promised the happiness of the other world; 25th February, the day when she was instructed to make an act of penance and the discovery of the spring; and 25th March, when the Lady said her name: &#8220;I am the Immaculate Conception&#8221;), as well as 8th December and 15th August, and 22nd August, the feast of the Queenship of Mary, the day when the Association was revived.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-20b4bd4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20b4bd4\" 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-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7733a5e\" data-id=\"7733a5e\" 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-af0c8be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af0c8be\" 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>In 2019, the Bernadette year, we would especially like to offer the grace of Mercy to all the friends of Lourdes. Individuals and groups are invited to join the Family of Our Lady of Lourdes. In doing so, we continue to live in the grace of the pilgrimage, a little like Sister Bernadette, the last person to be miraculously cured, who was healed at home, while she relived the adoration in which she had participated in the underground Basilica eight days previously.<\/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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3b9342\" data-id=\"b3b9342\" 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-34d941b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34d941b\" 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=\"760\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FamilleNDL-min-380.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-33125\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FamilleNDL-min-380.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FamilleNDL-min-380-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FamilleNDL-min-380-380x280.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/>\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 class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-670579f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"670579f\" 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>The Lord is with us on our daily journeys. We should not miss the chance to draw closer to him. The light of Lourdes wants to reach every heart. <\/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-ef00e70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef00e70\" 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>For any information, please contact <a href=\"mailto:famillendl@lourdes-france.com\">famillendl@lourdes-france.com<\/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-be6a1cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be6a1cd\" 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>General plenary indulgences applicable to Lourdes<\/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-49ea6c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49ea6c5\" 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>Plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who visit the Blessed Sacrament to worship for at least half an hour (EI 1986, conc 3).<\/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-f93f0e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f93f0e3\" 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>Plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who perform the pious exercise of the Stations of the Cross (EI 1986, conc 63).<\/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-e27b8be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e27b8be\" 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>Plenary indulgence is given to the faithful who recite the Marian Rosary (EI 1986, Conc 48). Reciting only five decades is sufficient, but they must be recited without interruption.<\/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-5653a02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5653a02\" 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>A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who visit a basilica by piously reciting the Our Father and the Creed:<br \/><br \/>a) on the solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul;<br \/><br \/>b) the day of the solemnity of the Basilicas\u2019 dedications:<br \/>Basilica of the Immaculate Conception: 8th December,<br \/>Basilica of the Rosary: \u200b\u200b7th October,<br \/>Basilica of St. Pius X: 21st August;<br \/><br \/>(c) 2nd August, the date of the indulgence of the Portiuncula *;<br \/><br \/>d) once in the year, on a day chosen by the faithful.<br \/><br \/><em>* Every 2nd August, on the occasion of the liturgical feast of Our Lady of the Angels celebrated in the Franciscan family, all the faithful can obtain a particular plenary indulgence, the so-called indulgence of the Portiuncula. It can be obtained from 1st August at noon until 2nd August at midnight (&#8220;Concessiones&#8221; No. 33, \u00a71 &#8211; \u200b\u200b2 \u00b0, 3 \u00b0 and 5 \u00b0). However, it is no longer possible to obtain several plenary indulgences on the same day: but it is always possible to obtain, in addition to a plenary indulgence, several partial indulgences on the same day.<\/em><\/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-d46ef1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d46ef1c\" 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>A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who visit the sanctuary by piously reciting the Our Father and the Creed:<br \/><br \/>a) the day of the solemnity of Our Lady of Lourdes, 11th February<br \/><br \/>b) every time they participate in a shared pilgrimage.<\/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<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The feast of the Annunciation, 25th March, is not particularly celebrated in Lourdes, unlike 11th February, the anniversary of the first apparition. 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