Vandals damage replica of Lourdes grotto on eve of anniversary

The Baltimore Examiner reports that vandalism occurred 3:00 AM Sunday, February 11, 2008 at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. The two men apprehended threw a bronze crucifix into a nearby creek. A special Mass celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes was to be celebrated at the very popular Marian Shrine on Monday.

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis!