2010/08/03

Saint Bernadette's First Apparition in her own words!



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Approved miracle from Lourdes : Mrs Blaisette CAZENAVE

nee SOUPENE, born in 1808.

Lived in Lourdes. Cured in March 1858, in her 51st. year. Miracle on 18th January 1862, by Mgr Laurence, Bishop of Tarbes. Blaisette CAZENAVE, had serious trouble with her eyes for many years. This 50 year old Lourdes' woman suffered from a chronic infection of the conjonctivae and eyelids, with bilateral ectropion... for which medicines up to then were of little help.

Declared incurable, she decided to use the water from the Grotto as a lotion. After the second application, she was completely cured. The eyelids returned to normal, the fleshy overgrowths disappeared, the pain and inflammation vanished.

Prof. Vergez was able to write about it thus: "The supernatural effect was as much evident in this wonderful cure as the physical lesion-nowadays we would say the organic disease of the eyelids--striking as that was, with the complete return to a normal healthy state by a rapid regrowth of the tissues".


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Apparitions of the Virgin



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Approved miracle from Lourdes : Louis BOURIETTE

Born in 1804

Lived in Lourdes. Cured in March 1858, in his 55th year. Miracle on 18th
January 1862, by Mgr Laurence, Bishop of Tarbes.

This cure is the one most often quoted in the history of Lourdes. Although usually considered the first, in actual fact there is evidence that it could not have happened before the first days of March (cf. Laurentin).

Louis BOURIETTE was a quarryman's labourer, living and working in Lourdes. In 1858 he had been afflicted with a complete loss of vision in the right eye for two years. This serious disturbance resulted from an accident in the mine, which 19 years before had irreversibly injured his eye, and killed his brother Joseph, who was at his side.

Dr. Dozous, the first Medical "expert" verified this cure and in 1874 wrote this:
"It is a well known fact, corroborated by science, that whenever an eye is injured by a flying object in an explosion, the shock engendered is always sufficient to lead to incurable blindness. Often it happens that the other eye, unable to escape the repercussion of that shock due to the sympathy which exists between the two eyes, is itself weakened and ends up blind too".

The circumstances of this cure were reported by the same Dr. Dozous who took an interest in them himself.

"As soon as Bernadette had scratched the soil of the Grotto leading to the appearance of the Spring which had cured so many sick people, I wanted, he told me, to try and see if this water would cure my eye.

When the chance came to use this water, l started to pray to Our Lady of the Grotto, and humbly begged her to be with me when I bathed my eye with the water from the fountain.

I bathed and rebathed my right eye repeatedly in the space of a short time, and after these ablutions my sight was excellent, just as it is now" (cf. La Grotte de Lourdes, sa fontaine, ses guerisons).

The Commission of enquiry, set up by Mgr Laurence, heard Dr. Dozous speak about this cure on 28th. July 1858.

In April 1860, Dr. Henri Vergez, Professor attached to the Faculty at Montpellier, and Medical Officer at the Waters of Bareges, presented his preliminary report as requested by Mgr Laurence. He declared as his opinion:

"This event (the cure) possesses a supernatural character".
The verdict was solemnised in the Mandate of Mgr Laurence in January 1862.

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Approved miracles from Lourdes : Mrs Catherine LATAPIE

Born in 1820

Lived in Loubajac, near to Lourdes. Cured 1st. March 1858 in her 39th year.

Miracle on 18th. January 1862, by Mgr Laurence, Bishop of Tarbes.

This was the first cure. The date is unquestionable.

At the time of the Apparitions, Catherine LATAPIE lived at Loubajac, a few kilometres from Lourdes. She had injured her right hand after a fall from a tree, in October 1856; in addition, she was at the end of her third(?) pregnancy.

This accident caused a subluxation of the humerus, which was easily reducible, but owing to the traumatic stretching of the brachial plexus, she was left with an ulnar type of paralysis. She could not use the last two fingers of her right hand, which were held in typical palmar flexion.
During the night between the 28th. February and the 1st. March, 1858, Catherine LATAPIE was moved by a sudden impulse . She rose at three in the morning, woke her young children and set off for Lourdes.

Arriving there at dawn, she met Bernadette, went to the Grotto and knelt down to pray. Then with all simplicity, she bathed her hand in the little hollow which had already collected water from the Spring.

Straightaway her fingers returned to normal. They had regained their movements and suppleness. She could flex and extend them with the same facility as she could before the accident.

With haste she returned home, and the same evening--(it is this detail which enables us to be sure of the date of the cure)--she gave birth to her third child. He was ordained a priest in 1882.

In his report for Mgr Laurence, Prof. Vergez classed this case amongst the cures "presenting a supernatural character".


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List of Approved Lourdes Miracles

In 1859, Professor Vergez of the Faculty of Medicine at Montpellier was appointed to examine the cures. Seven cures were recorded before 1862 promoting the argument for the recognition of the Apparitions by Bishop Laurence. Over 5,000 cures have been documented at the waters of Lourdes. The Church has vigorously investigated and validated a mere 67 of them.



The Cures at Lourdes which have been recognised as miraculous
by the Church
Name and Domicile Nature of illness Age at the date Diocese and Date
of the cure of Recognition

Mrs Latapie - CHOUAT Catherine,
of Loubajac (France).
Ulnar Paralysis due to traumatic
elongation of the bracial plexus for
18 months.
About 38 years old
on 3 -1-1858.

Mr Bouriette Louis, of Lourdes
(France).
20 year old injury to the right eye
with blindness for 2 years.
54 years old in
March 1858.
Tarbes,Mandate

Mrs Cazenave Blaisette, Blaisette,
(Born Soupène)of Lourdes
(France).
Chemosis or chronic conjunctivis
with ectropion fo r 3 years.
About 50 years old
in March 1858.

Of
Monseigneur
Mr. BUSQUET Henri of Nay
(France).
Fistular adenitis of the base of the
neck (undoubtedly tuberculous) for
15 months.
About 15 years old
on 4 -28-1858.

Laurence,
on 1 -18-1862.
Mr. Bouhort Justin of Lourdes
(France).
Chronic post-infective malnutrition
with retarded motor development.
Diagnosis at the time:
"consumption".
2 years old on 7-6-
1858.

Mrs. RIZAN Madeleine of Nay
(France).
Left hemiplegia for 24. About 58 years old
on 10-17-1858.

Miss MOREAU Marie, of Tartas
(France).
Major diminution of vision with
inflammatory lesions especially of
the right eye, progressing over 10
months.
About 17 years old
on 11-9-1858.

Mr. DE RUDDER Pierre, of Jabbeke
(Belgium).
Ununited fracture of the left leg with
pseudarthrosis.
52 years old on 4-
7-1875.
Bruges(Belg)
07-25-1908.

Miss DEHANT Joachime, of Gesves
(Belgium).
Ulcer of the right leg with extensive
gangrene.
29 years old on 9-
13-1878.
Namur(Belg)
04-25-1908.

Miss SEISSON Elisa, of Rognonas
(France).
Cardiac hypertrophy with oedema of
the lower limbs.
27 years old on 8-
29-1882.
Aix-en-Provence
07-02-1912.

Sister EUGENIA, (Marie MABILLE),
of Bernay (France).
Abscess in the right iliac fossa with
vesical and colic fistulae. Bilateral
phlebitis.
28 years old on
21-8-1883.
Evreux
08-30-1908.

Sister Julienne, (Aline BRUYERE),
of La Roque (France).
Cavitating pulmonary tuberculosis. 25 years old on 9-
1-1889.
Tulle
03-07-1912.

Sister Josephine-Marie (Anne
JOURDAIN), of Goincourt (France).
Pulmonary tuberculosis. 36 years old on
08-21-1890.
Beauvais
10-10-1908.

Miss CHAGNON Amélie, (Nun of
Sacré Coeur on 25-9-1894) of
Poitiers (France).
Tuberculous osteo-arthritis of the
knee and second metatarsal of the
foot.
17 years old on 8-
21-1891.
Tournai (Belg.)
09-08-1910.

Miss TROUVÉ Clémentine, (Sister
AGNES-MARIE) of Rouille (France).
Osteo periostitis of the right foot
with fistulae.
14 years old on 8-
21-1891.
Paris
06-06-1908.

Miss LEBRANCHU Marie, (Mrs
WUIPLIER) of Paris (France).
Pulmonary tuberculosis (Koch's
bacillae present in sputum).
35 years old on 8-
20-1892.
Paris
06-06-1908.

Miss LEMARCHAND Marie, (Mrs
AUTHIER) of Caen (France).
Pulmonary tuberculosis with ulcers
of the face and legs.
18 years old on 8-
21-1892.
Paris
06-06-1908.

Miss LESAGE Elise, of Bucquoy
(France).
Tuberculous osteo-arthritis of knee. 18 years old on 8 -
21-1892.
Arras
02-04-1908.

Sister MARIE de la
PRESENTATION, (Sylvanie
DELPORTE) of Lille (France).
Chronic tuberculous gastroenteritis.
46 years old on Cambrai
08-31-1893. 08-15-1908.

Father CIRETTE, of Beaumontel
(France).
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis of
spinal cord.
46 years old on Evreux
08-31-1893. 11-02-1907.

Miss HUPRELLEW Aurélie, of St.
Martin-le-Noeud (France).
Acute pulmonary tuberculosis. 26 years old on Beauvais
08-21-1895. 01-05-1908.

Miss BRACHMANN Esther, of Paris
(France).
Tuberculous peritonitis. 15 years old on Paris
08-21-1896. 06-06-1908.

Miss TULASNE Jeanne, of Tours
(France).
Lumbar Pott's disease, with
neuropathic club foot.
20 years old on Tours
09-08-1897. 27-10-1907.

Miss MALOT Clementine, of
Gaudechart (France).
Pulmonary tuberculosis with
haemoptysis.
25 years old on Beauvais
08-21-1898. 01-11-1908.

Mrs FRANCOIS Rose (Born
LABREEUVOIES), of Paris (France).
Fistular lymphangitis of the right
arm with enormous oedema.
36 years old on Paris
08-20-1899. 06-06-1908.

Rev. Fr. SALVATOR, of Roouelle
(France).
Tuberculous peritonitis. 38 years old on Rennes
06-25-1900. 07-01-1908.

Sister MAXILILIEN, of Marseilles
(France).
Hydatid cyst of the liver, phlebitis of
the left lower limb.
43 years old on Marseille
05-20-1901. 02-05-1908.

Miss SAVOYE Marie, of Cateau-
Cambresis (France).
Rheumatic mitral valvular heart
disease.
24 years old on Cambrai
09-20-1901. 08-15-1908.

Mrs. BEZENAC Johanna, (Born
DUBOS) of St. Laurent-des-Bâtons
(France).
Cachexia and lupus of the face
probably tuberculous.
28 years old on Périgueux
08-08-1904. 07-02-1908.

Sister SAINT-HILAIRE, of Peyreleau
(France).
Abdominal tumour. 39 years old on Rodez
08-20-1904. 05-10-1908.

Sister SAINTE-BEATRIX, (Rosalie
VILDIER), of Evreux (France).
Laryngo-bronchitis, probably
tuberculous.
42 years old on Evreux
08-31-1904. 03-25-1908.

Miss NOBLET Marie-Therese, of
Avenay (France).
Dorso-lumbar spondylitis. 15 years old on Reims
08-31-1905. 02-11-1908.
Miss DOUVILLE de FRANSSU
Céline, of Tournai (Belgium).
Tuberculous peritonitis. 19 years old on Versailles
09-21-1905. 12-08-1909.

Miss MOULIN Antonia, of Vienne
(France).
Fistulous osteomyelitis of right
femur with arthritis of the knee.
30 years old on Grenoble
08-10-1907. 11-06-1910.

Miss BOREL Marie, of Mende
(France).
Six faecal fistulae in the lumbar and
abdominal region.
27 years old on Mende
08-21/22-1907. 06-04-1911.

Miss HAUDEBOURG Virginie, of
Lons -le-Saulnier (France).
Tuberculous cystitis, nephritis. 22 years old on Saint-Claude
05-17-1908. 11-25-1912.

Mrs. BIRÉ Marie (Born LUCAS) of
Ste-Gemme-la-Plaine. (France).
Blindness of cerebral origin,
bilateral optic atrophy.
41 years old on Luçon
08-05-1908. 07-30-1910.

Miss ALLPOE Aimée, of Vern
(France).
Multiple tuberculous abscesses
with four fistulae on the anterior
abdominal wall.
37 years old on Angers
05-28-1909. 08-05-1910.

Miss ORION Juliette, of St. Hilairede-
Voust (France).
Pulmonary and laryngeal
tuberculous, suppurating left
mastoiditis.
24 years old on Luçon
07-22-1910. 10-18-1913.

Mrs FABRE Marie, of Montredon
(France).
Chronic inflammatory bowel
disease, uterine prolapse.
32 years old on Cahors
09-26-1911. 09-08-1912.

Miss BRESSOLLES Henriette, of
Nice (France).
Pott's disease, paraplegia. About 28 years old
on
Nice
07-03-1924. 06-04-1957.

Miss BROSSE Lydia, of Saint-
Raphael.(France).
Multiple tuberculous fistulae with
wide undermining in the left buttock.
41 years old on Coutances
10-11-1930. 08-05-1958.

Sister MARIE-MARGUERITE,
(Françoise CAPITAINE) of Rennes
(France).
Abscess of the left kidney with
phlyctenular oedema and "cardiac
crises".
64 years old on Rennes
01-22-1937. 05-20-1946.

Miss JAMAIN Louise, (Mrs.
MAÎTRE), of Paris (France).
Pulmonary, intestinal and
peritoneal tuberculosis.
22 years old on Paris
04-01-1937. 12-14-1951.

Mr. PASCAL Francis, of Beaucaire
(France).
Blindness, paralysis of the lower
limbs.
3 years 10 months
old on
Aix-en-Provence
08-31-1938. 05-31-1949.

Miss CLAUZEL Gabrielle, of Oran
(Algeria).
Rheumatic spondylosis. 49 years old on Oran (Algérie)
08-15-1943. 03-18-1948.

Miss FOURNIER Yvonne, of
Limoges (France).
Extending and progressive posttraumatic
syndrome of left upper
limb (Leriche's syndrome).
22 years old on Paris
08-19-1945. 11-14-1959.

Mrs MARTIN Rose, (Born PERONA),
of Nice (France).
Cancer of the uterine cervix
(epithelioma of the cylindrical
glands).
46 years old on Nice
07-03-1947. 03-17-1958.

Mrs. GESTAS Jeanne (Born Pelin),
of Bègles (France).
Dyspeptic disorders with postoperative
obstructive episodes.
50 years old on Bordeaux
08-22-1947. 07-13-1952.

Miss CANIN Marie-Therese, of
Marseilles (France).
Dorso-lumbar Pott's disease and
tuberculous peritonitis with fistulae.
37 years old on Marseille
10-09-1947. 06-06-1952.

Miss Carini Maddalena, of San
Remo (Italy).
Peritoneal, Pleuro-pulmonary and
bony tuberculosis with coronary
disease.
31 years old on Milan (Italy).
08-15-1948. 06-02-1960.

Miss FRÉTEL Leanne, of Rennes
(France).
Tuberculous peritonitis. 34 years old on Rennes
10-08-1948. 11-20-1950.

Miss ANGÈLE Théa, (Sister MARIEMERCÉDES)
of Tettnang
(Germany).
Multiple sclerosis for six years. 20 years old on Tarbes-Lourdes
05-20-1950. 06-28-1961.

Mr. GANORA Evasio, of Casale
(Italy).
Hodgkin's disease. 37 years old on Casale (Italy)
06-02-1950. 05-31-1955.

Miss FULDA Edddeltraud, (Mrs.
HAIDINGER), of Wien (Austria).
Addison's disease. 34 years old on Vienne (Autriche)
08-12-1950. 05-18-1955.

Mr PELLEGRIN Paul, of Toulon
(France).
Post-operative fistula following a
liver abscess.
52 years old on Fréjus-Toulon
10-03-1950. 12-08-1953.

Brother SCHWAGER Léo, of
Fribourg (Switzerland).
Multiple sclerosis for five years. 28 years old on Genève (Lausanne)
04-30-1952. Fribourg
(Switzerland).
12-18-1960.

Mrs. COUTEAULT Alice, (Born
GOURDON), of Bouille-Loretz
(France).
Multiple sclerosis for three years. 34 years old on Poitiers
05-15-1952. 07-16-1956.

Miss BIGOT Marie, of La Richardais
(France).
Arachnoiditis of posterior fossa
(blindness, deafness, hemiplegia).
31 years old on Rennes
10-08-1953 and 08-15-1956.
32 years old on
10-10-1954.

Mrs NOUVEL Ginette, (Born FABRE)
of Carmaux (France).
Budd-Chiari disease (suprahepatic
venous thrombosis).
26 years old on Albi
09-21-1954. 05-31-1963.

Miss ALOI Elisa, (Mrs VARCALLI) of
Patti (Italy).
Tuberculous osteo-arthritis with
fistulae at multiple sites in the right
lower limb.
27 years old on Messine (Italy)
06-05-1958. 05-26-1965.

Miss TAMBURINI Juliette, of
Marseilles, (France).
Femoral osteoperiostitis with
fistulae, epistaxis, for ten years.
22 years old on Marseille
07-17-1959. 05-11-1965.

Mr. MICHELI Vittorio, of Scurelle
(Italy).
Sarcoma of pelvis. 23 years old on Trento
06-01-1963. 05-26-1976.

Mr. PERRIN Serge, of Lion d'Angers
(France).
Recurrent right hemiplegia, with
ocular lesions, due to bilateral
carotid artery disorders.
41 years old on Angers
05-01-1970. 06-17-1978.

Miss CIROLLI Delizia, (Mrs Costa),
of Paterno (Italy).
Ewing's Sarcoma of right knee. 12 years old on Catania (Italy)
12-24-1976. 06-28-1989.

Mr. Jean-Pierre Bély
(France)
Multiple Sclerosis 51 years old on
10-09-1987
Angoulême
02-09-1999

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