Dorothy Vernon, who has had a happy life in a peaceful village with her parents, and her Uncle John, a happy-go-lucky artist, is paralyzed as the result of a fall incurred during a storm. In consequence, grief and unhappiness come to the family. Uncle John, traveling abroad, hears of the miracles of the Blessed Virgin at Lourdes. An old woman recounts the story of Bernadette, a peasant girl of the Pyrenees, who is inspired by a vision of the Immaculate Conception. Under the direction of Abbé Peyromal of Lourdes, the villagers build a chapel at the grotto where Bernadette intercedes with the Virgin for the accomplishment of miraculous cures. The uncle cables Dorothy's parents, and they bring her to Lourdes, where through faith and prayer she is cured.
—AFI Catalog of Feature Films