La Salette marks 180 years since apparition

La Salette marks 180 years since the apparition of Mary to two children. On September 19, 1846, Maximin Giraud and Mélanie Calvat reported seeing a weeping woman while tending livestock near La Salette-Fallavaux.

The children described seeing an intense light followed by a woman sitting with her face in her hands. According to InfoVaticana, the message focused on specific sins, including the profanation of Sundays, blasphemy, and the need for prayer, penance, and conversion. The bishop of Grenoble, Philibert de Bruillard, recognized the apparition after a canonical investigation.

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of La Salette, located at an altitude of approximately 1,800 meters in the Isère department, serves as a major Marian shrine. Priest Antoni Skałba, MS, noted that the message of the weeping Mother of God remains relevant today. Sanctuary representatives also stated that the message remains current 180 years later.