For several years after the apparitions, pilgrims flocked to the small town of Beauraing, province of Namur (Belgium), and many cures were claimed.

The five young children who claimed to have seen the apparitions were Fernande (15), Gilberte (13), and Albert (11) Voisin, children of Hector, a railway clerk, and Marie-Louise Perpète Voisin, and Andrée (14) and Gilberte (9) Degeimbre, daughters of Degeimbre, a farmer's widow.

The girls turned around and saw the figure of a lady dressed in white walking a meter above the railroad viaduct nearby.

The widow Degeimbre, armed with a big stick, wanted to find the person who was scaring the children.

The Superior, Mother Theophile, wanted to put an end to the “comedy” and decided to close the gates of the garden and to let loose their two dogs.

On 8 December, the day of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the crowd was even larger than usual and between 10,000 and 15,000 people were present.

This time they were accompanied by a number of doctors and psychologists who performed tests on the children while they were ecstatic for over fifteen minutes.

That day, the Blessed Virgin opened her arms in the usual gesture of farewell and revealed a "Heart of Gold" surrounded by glittering rays on her chest.

On 2 January, over 12,000 people were gathered and the Virgin told the children that she will talk and deliver a secret to each of them the next day.

From 29 December onwards the children also discovered that a rosary hung from her arm and that she presented a Heart of Gold.

On 7 December 1942, Bishop Charue received from the Holy See a decree approved by Pope Pius XII which authorized him to proceed toward canonical recognition.

[3] The final approbation for the Marian apparition was granted on 2 July 1949 with the permission of the Holy Office.

[6][7][8] Two documents were released that day: a letter from the Bishop to the clergy of his diocese and an episcopal decree recognizing as authentic miracles two healings credited to Our Lady of Beauraing.