The famous Virgin Maria Auxiliatrix portrait which means “Help” is celebrated every 24th of May. The catholic church celebrates The Feast for this Sanctuary is observed with The Baths of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. People immersed themselves in marble bathing pools as a way to respond to the request of Our Lady to Bernadette: “Go drink of the spring and wash yourself there”.

Baths are provided at Lourdes where in they believed that the spiritual experience is carried out by those who wish to renew their Baptismal Commitment. The holy water for the Baths is provided by the spring of the Grotto.

The above picture is the Virgin Maria Auxiliatrix (photo) which can be found in Brezje at the Bazilika Marije Pomagaj. Visit the official website at www.marija.si.