Authority of the Church was transferred from the Fathers of Mercy to the Archdiocese of New York in 1960, but the legacy of the Fathers and the connection with the Sanctuary of Lourdes since 1913 remain. Lourdes is prominent among Catholics for the Marian apparitions seen in 1858 by peasant Bernadette Soubirous (canonized 1933), who was told to dig a well that yielded water since considered Holy. The special affiliation with the Sanctuary of Lourdes has allowed Lourdes Water to be sent directly to the Church, making the Water regularly available there for over a century.