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A Gathering for Peace From 12th – 14th May 2023, The International Military Pilgrimage (PMI) is organising its 63rd pilgrimage to Lourdes, under the leadership of Mgr. Antoine de Romanet, bishop of the French Armed Forces. Every May, in Lourdes, … Continued

Activities available at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes The activities available at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes enable pilgrims to discover or rediscover the beauty and simplicity of this place and the apparitions of the Virgin … Continued

The best known, and certainly the most touching, way of “coming here in procession” as the Virgin Mary asked us, is to take part in the Torchlight Procession. With pilgrims from all over the world, praying the Rosary and singing … Continued

Nine months before Christmas and the celebration of the birth of Christ, the Catholic Church commemorates the Annunciation, the announcement made to Mary of the imminent birth of Christ. But in Lourdes we also celebrate an event that, in 1858, … Continued

Vers la fin de la quinzaine, Bernadette apporta courageusement au curé Peyramale ce message : « Allez dire aux prêtres de faire bâtir une chapelle et qu’on y vienne en procession.» Elle fut reçue par l’une des plus célèbres et … Continued

25th February, the ninth apparition. Three hundred people were present. Bernadette later said, “She told me to go and drink at the spring and wash myself there. I found only a little muddy water. On the fourth try I was … Continued

Of the eighteen apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Saint Bernadette, no less than fourteen took place during Lent. We need to consider the calendar of the apparitions alongside the liturgical cycle. As the date of Easter varies from year … Continued

On 18th February, the Sanctuary celebrates Saint Bernadette Soubirous. She was born in Lourdes in 1844 into a very poor family. At the age of 14, she was favoured with 18 apparitions of the Virgin Mary, which gave birth to … Continued

On 2nd February, the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, better known as the Feast of Candlemas, commemorates the event related in the Gospel of St Luke: Mary and Joseph going to present the child Jesus at … Continued

“On 11th February 2023, let us turn our thoughts to the Shrine of Lourdes, a prophetic lesson entrusted to the Church for our modern times.” (Pope Francis) The Sanctuary invites you to celebrate the feast of Our Lady Lourdes at … Continued