Sanctuary and Basilica of Our Lady of La Salette
At about 1,800 metres of altitude, in the French Alps of the department of Isère, the shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, raised in the place where the Virgin appeared crying to two pastors on September 19, 1846. Recognized the apparition of the Bishop of Grenoble in 1851, the mountain soon became one of France's great pilgrimage places.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- Bishop Philibert of Bruillard recognized the apparition on September 19, 1851, at the exact five years of the event, declaring that "it contains in itself all the characteristics of the truth."
- The first stone of the church was placed on May 25, 1852, before 1,500 pilgrims; with plans of the architect Alfred Berruyer, the work advanced at the top of the mountain: the central part was completed in 1865 and the whole was completed in 1879.
- Leo XIII raised the temple to the rank of basilica and decreed the canonical coronation of Our Lady of La Salette, held on August 21, 1879.
- In May 1852 the Bishop of Grenoble also announced the foundation of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette to serve the pilgrims; the institute was approved by Rome in 1890 and today serves in a long 20 countries.
Our Lady of La Salette
In the mountain where Mary wept before two shepherds in 1846, her Alpine sanctuary, basilica from 1879 and mother house of the Missionaries of La Salette, rose from 1852. At almost 1,800 meters of altitude, he continues to welcome pilgrims who go up to comfort the Mother and to reconcile with her Son.
"Our Lady of La Salette, the Compromiser of sinners, pray without ceasing for us that we turn to you.
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