Our Lady of La Salette Weeping - This beautifully detailed figure depicts what is know as the first phase of the Apparition at La Salette. On the evening of Saturday, September 19, 1846 Maximin and Melanie, two young shepherd children returned from the mountains with their herds, when they saw a ball of bright fiery light. As suddenly as it appeared, the ball of light opened up to reveal a radiantly beautiful Lady inside it. She was sitting on the rocks and seemed to be weeping.