Show Photos: Evans from Three Lions C 2 ° f I I ne hundred years ago the beautiful French town of Lourdes in the foothills of the was the scene of several miraculous visions of the Blessed Virgin that appeared to Bernadette Soubirous a humble shepherdess Since then millions of ailing pilgrims have visited the Shrine of Saint Bernadette and this year's centennial crowds are so huge that the town's railway station is probably the busiest in Europe More than a dozen Masses are celebrated in the huge basilica each day and the walls of the Grotto are covered with crutches — mute testimony of the curative power of religious faith 14-year- -old Surrounding kills provide emerald sorting for basilica of Lourdes ¥ 4 ' I - vv 1 v vv v 4I1 ETA r V t fy:j v 41J - k -- - J jr Vi - L o I til fv- - nII JL il f! II I J Girls lead each day's procession a ft ?) v?r Mr I - 1 ' 7 yy V! t A1 (4 - - Hundreds flock to the daily Masses offered in the Grotto 18 Family Weekly September 28 1958 -- TO Av Collection of crutches were left by those cured by faith Ailing attend services at Grotto f1 |