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A woman prays before the relics of St. Bernadette Soubirous on display at Seton Hall University. (Photo courtesy of Seton Hall University/Genna Nadal)

Visitors touch a rock from Massabielle Grotto, where St. Bernadette Soubirous saw Our Lady of Lourdes. (Photo courtesy of Seton Hall University/Genna Nadal)

Father Nicholas Sertich, director of campus ministry at Seton Hall University, celebrates Mass in honor of St. Bernadette Soubirous at Seton Hall’s Chapel of the Immaculate Conception on Oct. 5, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Seton Hall University/Genna Nadal)

Thousands of Catholics prayed before relics of St. Bernadette Soubirous—who experienced apparitions of the Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Lourdes) in Lourdes, France, in 1858—during a national tour that stopped at four locations in the Archdiocese of Newark from Oct. 4 to 8.

The relics visited Seton Hall University in South Orange from Oct. 4 to 6, the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary in Summit on Oct. 6, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in West Orange on Oct. 7 and the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark on Oct. 8.