Our Lady of Pellevoisin

With Great Confidence and a Child's Simplicity

In 1875, Estelle Faguette, a 32-year-old woman suffering from an incurable disease, wrote a letter to the Virgin Mary, with great confidence and a child’s simplicity. She asked Our Lady to intercede with her Divine Son for her recovery, so she would be able to care for her elderly parents.

The Virgin Mary answered her letter by a series of fifteen apparitions, between February and December 1876, during which she gave Estelle a message of mercy and taught her what holiness was all about.

On February 19, 1876, Estelle completely recovered. In 1877, the Archbishop of Bourges authorized the public devotion to Our Lady of Pellevoisin, and Estelle's bedroom was transformed into a chapel.

In April 1900, Pope Leo XIII officially approved the Sacred Heart Scapular that Estelle had seen worn around the Virgin Mary’s neck, encouraging the faithful who chose to wear it. Estelle's recovery was officially declared miraculous in 1983 by Archbishop Vignancour, then Archbishop of Bourges.