1925 - 2025

100 ans de la béatification de Bernadette et de la translation de son corps à la Chapelle

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Pèlerins d'Espérance au Sanctuaire Sainte Bernadette à Nevers

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Sanctuary Saint Bernadette Soubirous of Nevers

It was to Bernadette Soubirous, a simple and humble young girl, that the Virgin Mary chose to appear in Lourdes on several occasions in 1858. She presented herself as the Immaculate Conception.
Bernadette joined the Sisters of Charity of Nevers where she took care of sick and poor people. A poor young girl, chosen among all by the Virgin Mary, she will make her poverty a real wealth: "Jesus alone for Riches" (Sister Bernadette).

In the centre of Nevers, on the hill Saint-Gildard, the presence of the preserved body of Bernadette Soubirous attracted very early pilgrims from all over the world.

Today, the Sanctuary is a place of welcome for all, a spiritual and retreat center where we discover Bernadette and where we follow in her steps… Her religious life in 1866, date of her arrival at the age of 22, until April 16, 1879, the day of her death, she was 35 years old. Come and see ...

Chapelle Open

The Chapel is open every day from 10.00 AM to 12.00PM and from 2.00 PM to 4.00PM.

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SERVICES Services of the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary offers :

Accommodation up to 200 people, from family rooms to single rooms with shower and sanitary facilities.
Catering facilities available to the public 7 days a week.
Pastoral and spiritual animation on request.
Chapel-oratories and places of meditation.
Equipped rooms including simultaneous translation booths.
Surrounding the house is a four-hectare park, in the centre of which is self-catering facility for groups, friends and families.

Seminars and meetings

Catering facilities

Accomodation

Pilgrimage

Retreat

The sanctuary A strong and important pilgrimage's location

Each year thousands of people from all over the world come on pilgrimage to Nevers to pray beside Saint Bernadette.

Coming to Nevers means coming to meet Bernadette Soubirous and be influenced by her and by the message she received in Lourdes and lived out in Nevers :

« Every human being is precious in the eyes of God ».

A team of employees and volunteers (lay people, priests, Sisters of Charity of Nevers), will welcome you to this Sanctuary and help you during your stay..

200 000 visitors/year

Each year, nearly 200 000 pilgrims come to discover what was the life of Bernadette Soubirous after the apparitions of Lourdes in 1858.

Easily accessible

Located just 2h30 from Paris and Lyon, the Sancturay is easily accessible by train, car, bus or plane.

Practical informations

For more information about the access or the opening hours of the Sanctuary of Nevers, read the practical informations

CALENDAR

Events to come

All the year different animations are organised, seminars, commemorations, shows, festivals... Do not hesitate to read the program for the year.

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Programme du jourJeudi 18 septembre

Thursday 18 sep 2025 - 09h00

11h15* Guided visit in English (Visite guidée en anglais) Meet at the grotto

11h30 Messe du Sanctuaire à la Chapelle

13h30* Misa dalam bahasa Indonesia (Messe en indonésien) à Sainte Croix

15h Visite guidée en français départ de la grotte

17h Vidéo en français rdv à la réception

17h* Messe auf Deutsch (Messe en allemand)

19h Prière du Soir au Noviciat

Programme du jourVendredi 19 septembre

Friday 19 sep 2025 - 09h00

10h* Messa in italiano (Visite guidée en italien) au Noviciat

11h30* Mass in English (Messe en Anglais) à la Chapelle

11h30 Messe du Sanctuaire à la Chapelle

14h* Guided visit in English (Visite guidée en anglais) Meet at the grotto

14h30* Messe en Français au Noviciat

15h30 Visite guidée en français départ de la grotte

17h* Visita guidata in Italiano (Visite guidée en Italien) partenza per al grotta

19h Prière du Soir au Noviciat

InsoliteJournées du Patrimoine

Saturday 20 sep 2025 - 09h00

Toute la journée

Visite libre des jardins

Exposition de l'Atelier de broderie d'Icônes

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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF bernadette Saint Bernadette Soubirous

All the year different animations are organised, seminars, commemorations, shows, festivals... Do not hesitate to read the program for the year.

Her story

Her sayings

Her body

Pray with Bernadette

Voluntary Work

Shop

We are happy to offer you a selection of articles which you can order and have sent to you by mail.

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TESTIMONIESVolunteers and visitors' testimonies

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Programme du jour

Votre séjour au sanctuaire

Chaque jour, nous vous proposons un programme pour vous recueillir et découvrir la vie de sainte Bernadette

OFFRES D'EMPLOI

Poste de second de cuisine en CDI

Nous recherchons pour le sanctuaire Sainte-Bernadette de Nevers un second de cuisine à temps plein (CDI).

OFFRES D'EMPLOI

Poste de réceptionniste en CDI

Nous recherchons pour l'Espace Bernadette à Nevers, une réceptionniste à temps plein (CDI)

Newspaper

Three times per year, we publish the newspaper « journal de Bernadette » to inform you about the life in the Sanctuary, the events which have taken place as well as those which are to come.