{"id":83066,"date":"2026-05-27T08:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83066"},"modified":"2026-05-27T08:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:35:42","slug":"the-forgotten-marian-apparition-that-changed-france-for-54-years-why-catholics-are-rediscovering-our-lady-of-laus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/the-forgotten-marian-apparition-that-changed-france-for-54-years-why-catholics-are-rediscovering-our-lady-of-laus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Forgotten Marian Apparition That Changed France for 54 Years \u2014 Why Catholics Are Rediscovering Our Lady of Laus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Catholic Connect:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/catholicconnect.in\/\/storage\/assets\/uploads\/news_images\/50Zq8xEy06OBASQAWE7uY0urRXcjIXjb2GRMAyNX.jpg\" width=\"469\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Marian month of May is a beautiful reminder that the Blessed Virgin Mary continues to guide the faithful towards her Son. While many Catholics are familiar with Lourdes and Fatima, one lesser-known apparition in the French Alps is quietly capturing hearts once again \u2014 Our Lady of Laus.<\/p>\n<p>Recognised officially by the Catholic Church in 2008 after centuries of devotion, the apparitions of Our Lady of Laus carry a timeless message of repentance, healing, and hope. In an age marked by spiritual confusion and wounded hearts, this extraordinary Marian shrine offers a powerful invitation to return to God. The story of Our Lady of Laus began in 1664 in the small mountain village of Saint-\u00c9tienne-le-Laus in southeastern France. Beno\u00eete Rencurel, a humble and illiterate shepherdess born into deep poverty, was only seventeen years old when she first encountered the Virgin Mary while tending sheep in the Alps.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1779870928\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"The Forgotten Marian Apparition That Changed France for 54 Years \u2014 Why Catholics Are Rediscovering Our Lady of Laus\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Catholic Connect: The Marian month of May is a beautiful reminder that the Blessed Virgin Mary continues to guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83066"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83068,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83066\/revisions\/83068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}