1. Bernadette Speaks - Chronicle of a Mystery
Rene Laurentin
Pauline Press, 2000

"A biography but reads like a novel."

2. Lourdes Diary
James Martin SJ
Loyola Press, Chicago, 2006

"A charming and touching story that reminds us, with St. Bernadette, that grace is everywhere."
- Robert Ellsberg, author, Blessed Among All Women

3. Lourdes: Body and Spirit in the Secular Age
Ruth Harris
Penguin Books, 1999

"A magisterial history of the world's greatest Catholic healing shrine and the remarkable devotion it inspires."

4. Song of Bernadette
Franz Werfel
1943

5. Bernadette of Lourdes
Rene Laurentin
Winston Press,1979

A life based on authenticated documents. Widely acknowledged as the best individual biography of the Saint though the English translation is chucky in places.

6. LOURDES - Font of Faith, Hope and Charity
Elizabeth Ficocelli
Forward by Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR
Paulist Press,2007

“Elizabeth Ficocelli’s book is a superb introduction to the story of Lourdes. Seamlessly mixing personal experience, historical analysis, and spiritual reflection, the author reminds us why….(Lourdes) has lost none of it’s power to captivate and inspire even the most skeptical of readers.”
James Martin, SJ, recipient of the Christopher Award for his best seller My Life with the Saints .

1. Bernadette

Subtitles in Spanish

This is a feature film on the story of Bernadette and the apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes. This film was chosen to be shown daily at the shrine in Lourdes.

2. The Passion of Bernadette

Subtitles in Spanish

This film tells the story of Bernadette's life after the apparitions. It reveals the incessant illness and suffering that Bernadette patiently, even cheerfully endued throughout her life in the convent, often repeating her prayer "to suffer and offer it to God."

3. Song of Bernadette
1943

Subtitles in Spanish

4. Lourdes Film
Peter Hoffman, MD
The Cinema Guild Inc., 2005

This video chronicles Lourdes as seen through the eyes of pilgrims, but highlights the cures and miracles from the medical aspect. Includes commentaries by the Rector of Lourdes, the President of Medical Bureau and the Bishop of Lourdes as well as interviews with the incurably sick and volunteers who care for them.