Learn about the best apparitions of Mary as Fr. Chris Alar continues this series on the meaning and significance of approved Marian apparition. Apologies for saying "Walsington" instead of "Walsingham," which was an honest mistake out of habit. 

This year, 2022, the Marians of the Immaculate Conception are celebrating our 25-year anniversary in Steubenville, Ohio! From humble beginnings. In August 1997, Father Joe Roesch, then Brothers Donald Calloway and John Larson, and postulant Pat Norris were truly pioneers as they were the first members of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception to open a Marian house in Steubenville, Ohio. Father Joe is now the Vicar General of the Marian Congregation and lives in Rome, Italy.

After the Soubirous family encountered financial downfall, they moved into a former jail cell that was unfit for living in. Father Joe Roesch, MIC, shares about this time in St. Bernadette's life from right outside "Le Cachot."