Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes (1924)

Merton Tour Stop #8

The Grotto “wasn’t complicated enough to be ugly, the way those artificial grottos are.  It was nice to pray out there, in the dark, with the wind sighing in the high pine branches.”

The Grotto was built in 1924-25.  It was a popular site for Seminarians, though neglected after the construction of Christ the King Seminary at the far side of the campus.

Reference:
Kulakowski, Edumnd A. "Shrines of St. Bonaventure." Vox Regis. March 1962, p. 8-9.

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