Our Lady of Lourdes (Edmonton)

Marian vocation of Edmonton (Alberta)
Popular devotion (not officially recognized by the Church)

In the west of Edmonton there is the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, founded to serve the Catholic faithful of the area following the popular devotion to Lourdes among European immigrants. The exact date of erection of the parish and of the construction of a possible outer grotto is not recorded in the open sources examined.

Main data

Origin and history

In the west of Edmonton there is the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, founded to serve the Catholic faithful of the area following the popular devotion to Lourdes among European immigrants. The exact date of erection of the parish and of the construction of a possible outer grotto is not recorded in the open sources examined.

The image and the sanctuary

The parish Our Lady of Lourdes of Edmonton, in the Jasper Place area, is documented in the Archdiocese of Edmonton as a parish community. The existence of an external Marian grotto associated with this parish appears in photographs and parish notes, but not in a formal decree of sanctuary.

Sponsorship and coronation

By his title, Our Lady of Lourdes is patron of the parish. The canonical coronation of the image in Edmonton is not recorded.

Party and devotion

It is Liturgically celebrated on February 11, the memory of Our Lady of Lourdes. The specific celebrations and documented processions are not detailed. The parish bulletins mention local pilgrimages and celebrations of 11 February with the anointing of the sick, evoking the healing dimension of Lourdes. There is no specific miracle officially recognized in this parish.

Link to the Rosary

The parish organizes groups of Rosario and sometimes the prayer of the Rosary around the image of the Virgin, according to the spirituality of Lourdes; it is an ordinary practice, not an exclusive charism of the place. The detailed documentation of the Rosary processions in the grotto is not publicly recorded.