Father Joe tells how Francisco was a "little contemplative"; he would retreat to the attic of his house to escape the crowds, be quiet, and listen to God.All of us need to be alone and to pray at times, as Jesus did often.

The pastor in Lourdes didn't believe that St. Bernadette was receiving apparitions of Our Lady. To prove that it really was Our Lady, St. Bernadette was told to ask Our Lady one thing.Our Lady's reply to Bernadette: "I am the Immaculate Conception"Father Joe shares about this just outside the rectory where St. Bernadette's pastor lived in Lourdes.

The Very Rev. Fr. Joseph Roesch, MIC, takes us on a Marian pilgrimage through France. We begin in Paris at the Shrine of the Miraculous Medal where St. Catherine LaBoure received the devotion of the Miraculous Medal in 1830.