 The Lourdes Center is the original distributor of Lourdes Water in the United States and Canada, and was established in 1950 by Boston Archbishop, Cardinal Richard J. Cushing, and the Bishop of Lourdes, France, Most Reverend Pierre-Marie Theas. Our Mission is to promote a loving devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes, and to distribute Lourdes Water in North America, along with providing Lourdes Water directly from France, the Lourdes Center also publishes the free monthly newsletter Echoes from Lourdes, and conducts Pilgrimages to Our Lady s Shrine in Lourdes, France. The first shipment of Lourdes Water arrived in the United States in January, 1951, and since that time thousands of requests for Lourdes Water come from all over North America each year. Approximately 25, 000 bottles of water are distributed each month by mail., Catholic
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