Lourdes grotto

A Lourdes grotto is a replica of the original grotto at Lourdes (a Catholic religious site reputed to have healing properties) or a grotto honouring Our Lady of Lourdes unassociated with the Lourdes site. Some such grottoes are called simply "Lourdes grottoes", others are described as replicas, or as honouring Our Lady of Lourdes.

Among places which state they have Lourdes grottoes are:

• Mariagrot Mariagrot in Sint Nicolaasga, Fryslân, The Netherlands
• Carfin Grotto in Carfin, in the west of Scotland
• Flatrock, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in Rama, Saskatchewan with an annual pilgrimage held on August 14 and 15.
• Shrine of St. Anthony, Ellicott City, Maryland, USA
• St. Francis Seminary, Wisconsin, USA
• Oostakker Basilica, Slotendries, Belgium
• National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Emmitsburg, Maryland, USA
• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in Bulacan, Philippines
• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto (Lourdesgrot), a 1:13 scale replica of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in Massabielle (France) housed in the "RK Onze Lieve Vrouw van Lourdeskapel", in the "A.J. Kropholler Complex" , a Dutch national landmark, located in Scheveningen, Netherlands
• Central Catholic High School (Canton, Ohio), USA
• St. Joseph Catholic Church, Mogadore, Ohio, USA
• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto, Cotabato City, Mindanao, Philippines
• Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas, USA
• Our Lady of Lourdes grotto in New Iberia, Louisiana
• Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto (Los_Ojos, New Mexico), USA
• Lourdes Grotto in Sereo Preto, Aruba, named in commemoration of the original^[1]
• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
• Orchard Lake Schools, Orchard Lake, Michigan, USA
• National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes, Montevideo, Uruguay
• The Grotto of Lourdes at St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo, Japan
• The Grotto of Lourdes at the Basilica of Lourdes, Santiago of Chile.
• Assumption Grotto Church Detroit, Michigan, USA
• St. Mary's Catholic Church Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church Plymouth, Michigan, USA
• Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Belmont Abbey, North Carolina, USA

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