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The Catholic Defender: Our Lady of Sunday (Notre-Dame du Dimanche), 1876



In the Hérault region of France, the Catholic Church officially approved the apparitions of Our Lady of Sunday (Notre-Dame du Dimanche), which occurred to winemaker Auguste Arnaud in 1873 at Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve, leading to a shrine and chapel built at the site after the local Bishop recognized the supernatural origin of the events in 1876. This is a distinct, approved apparition site in the Hérault, separate from the more famous La Salette apparition in the Alps, though both involve church-approved Marian events in France. 


Auguste Arnaud, a married winemaker who often worked on Sundays. The Virgin Mary appeared in white and gold, delivering a central message: "You must not work on Sundays". She also requested a procession to the nearby shrine of Our Lady of Gignac.


Mary appeared to him in his vineyard on June 8 and July 8, 1873, telling him, "You must not work on Sundays" and "Blessed are those who believe".


After investigation, Bishop de Cabrières of Montpellier recognized the apparitions as supernatural in 1876, authorizing a shrine and chapel. Following an inquiry by a commission, Bishop de Cabrières of Montpellier formally recognized the authenticity of the apparitions in 1876.


Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve, Hérault, France.  While La Salette is a major French Marian sanctuary, the Hérault has its own approved apparition, Our Lady of Sunday, with its own shrine dedicated to Mary's call for observance of the Lord's Day. 


The site features a chapel where the visionary is buried, and pilgrimages still take place annually on June 8 and July 8.


Notre-Dame de l’Agenouillade (Agde)

Traditional accounts state Mary appeared to a monk in the 5th century and knelt on a rock to stop a flood. It remains an ancient and venerated site of Catholic tradition.


  • Our Lady of Gignac

    : A historic pilgrimage site that was significant enough to be mentioned by the Virgin Mary during the 1873 apparitions in Saint-Bauzille. 


 
 
 

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