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Saints of the Month: February

confirming the dogma which was defined by the Pope in the four
years previously. Our Lady asked Bernadette to drink from a
fountain at the grotto and a chapel to be built on the spot.
Bernadette scratched at the dirt where a stream of pure water
came forth and drank from it. The water prove to have healing
properties, drawing pilgrims to the grotto worldwide. A basillica
was eventually built in Massabielle, and was consecrated as the
“Church of the Rosary” in 1876.

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