Decree concerning the
Apparitions at L'Ile Bouchard

Decree by Archbishop Andre Vingt-Trois DECREE Since 1947 many Catholics have made the pilgrimage to the church of St. Gilles, at L'Ile-Bouchard, to venerate the Virgin Marie. These pilgrimages have borne many fruits of grace. Never falling into sensationalism, they develop a spirit of prayer and strengthen the faith of the pilgrims. Having carefully studied the events, and taken council with appropriate persons*, I authorize these pilgrimages, and the public cult celebrated in the church of St. Gilles of I'Ile-Bouchard, to invoke Our Lady of Prayer, under the pastoral authority of the parish priest of L'Ile-Bouchard. Tour, 8 December 2001 Andre Vingt-Trois Archbishop of Tours Translation by Paul Rhoads. (*Translators note: specialists at the Vatican were among those consulted.) http://www.notre-dame.org/decret.htm - decree text in French.