Washington sentinel., 1900-09-08
miraculous Cures at Lourdes,

tied Lourdes during last week
hoping to be cured of various ills.
This has been the great week OF
annual pilgrimaGes, of which many
have arrived from distant coun-
tries. Special trainsvot sick people
have come from Paris by the score.
The vast majority of pilgrims,
however, are from the southern
provinces OF France,
Many cures Of various ailments
are reported. Among them are
Nine de la Dollere, OF Paris, who
suffered FIVE years rom an internal
cancer. After her first immersion
in the holy basin, she suffered in
tense pain, then followed a COM
plete cure, confirmed by the doc
tors. Louis Pacquet, OF Paris, sut.
lering from locomotor ataxia. was
cured during the passing OF the
Holy Procession.
Sister Sainte Brigette, OF Vile
peinte, had been unable to move
for seven years, her limbs being
paralyzed. At the procession OF
the Holy Sacrament she rose, now
walks, and is we'll with no suffer
ing. Maria Lauversin suffered
long from spinal disease, but has
now been completely cured.
Thirty were reported cured in one
day.
All week long the sea - human
ity has rolled from the railway sta
ton toward the grotto, ardent
prayers and supplications rising
from each group OF every kind OF
human suffering represented there.
The litter bearers, who are more
numerous and devoted than ever,
attend the sufferers and help them
along. The spectacle presented
by these consumptives, paralytic5
and invalids OF every kind who
have braved the fatigues OF long
and painful journey 10 ask the
Virgin OF Lourdes for cure makes
for the sceptic and materialist only
a sad, cruel sight, but 1t is consol-
ing for the Christian animated BY
the breath Of faith.
At the hour OF the Holy Sacra-
ment procession, the grotto IS be-
sieged daily by a multitude OF
twenty thousand. Upon the Ros.
aire Esplanade, 1900 inyalids lie
stretched on couches and carriages
awaiting the procession as 1t
marches along, preceded by sew
! eral thousand Christians, by priests
in surPlices and chasubles, bearing
lighted candles. Finally the Host
appears, borne alot. At the sight
OF it the poor sufferers raise their
hands heavenWard to implore
Divine help. Tears are in many
eyes during the passage Of the
Blessed Sacrament,
Daily, several invalids rise to
their feet, as It proceeds onward,
and declare themselves cured.
Then they hurry TO the medical
bureau, where DR.. Boissarie, as
sisted by forty physicians, exam
ines them with scrupulous care.
| Among DR.. Boissarie's assistants
| this year are two Berlin, one New
| York, one Liverpool and one Rio
| Janeiro doctors.
Every morning long files OF pl-
grims, both cured and uncured, de-
! part from the railroad station,
where special trains await them,
along with careful litter bearers
whose devotion IS remarkable.
! The inValids are placed in the cars
| and surrounded with every COM
tort and precaution. Many hold
rosaries in their hands and pray
continuously, though their bodies
are racked with pain. But even
though disappointed by not being
cured their faith in God and in
| Our Lady Of Lourdes remains un-
shaken. All say:
Did we not see during the pro-
cession many invalids and para
lytics rise from their couches and
follow it without support2 God
cured them. Maybe our turn will
come next"
There is no denying that the last
weeks pilgrimage has resulted il
many astounding miracles, con,
frmed by the medical bureau here