News and Events

Pastor's Letter

Friday, June 14, 2024

Dear Friends of Lourdes,

I am always happy to write to you and give you some news about our Sanctuary at Lourdes. This June, I recall Pope Francis' call to be “Pilgrims of Hope” for the Jubilee Year of 2025.

We must do everything we can to ensure that mercy is experienced and celebrated in the Sanctuary.

Dear Friends of Lourdes, thank you for supporting the Sanctuary in its mission. Thanks to your faithful generosity and your prayers, let us together give hope to all those who go to the Grotto! To achieve this, let us remember that hope is the consequence of love. To put it another way, it is up to us to open paths of hope.

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Friday, June 14, 2024

Journey of the relics of Saint Bernadette to Brazil

The relics of Saint Bernadette continue their international journey to meet the Brazilian people. In the streets, parishes and even stadiums, the relics are welcomed with the great enthusiasm that characterises the faithful of Brazil.

Images of jubilation broadcast on national TV.

More information on the official website of the Missions Notre-Dame de Lourdes 👉www.missionsndlourdes.com/

Friday, June 14, 2024

Lourdes, a very international, national Sanctuary

The month of June is a period marked by the arrival of numerous pilgrimages that have crossed borders to respond to the call of the Virgin Mary and to come to walk in procession to the Grotto. Today, an atmosphere of joy takes over the streets of Lourdes and the Sanctuary, which take on the air of an international capital. At the start of the summer period, come and enjoy a cosmopolitan experience and exchange with Spanish, Italian, English, German, Polish, Croatian, Brazilian, Portuguese, Indonesian pilgrims and many others.

Friday, June 14, 2024

The official rosary of the Sanctuary

Made by the "Paternosters (Paternôtriers)" of the Béraudy & Vaure workshops since 1855 (Ambert, France), the official Rosary of the Sanctuary of Lourdes is a simple and authentic object of piety. Handmade with beads and charming wooden crosses by a living heritage company, it is available at the Grotto bookstore, the official shop of the Sanctuary.

Friday, June 14, 2024

The traditional pilgrimage of bikers returning to the Sanctuary on 15th and 16th June 2024

The Sanctuary welcomes the pilgrimage of bikers for a weekend, who gather each year in June to meditate at the foot of Our Lady of Lourdes. These 300 enthusiasts will come to thank the Virgin for the protection granted on the roads by placing a candle at the Grotto. As every year, the chaplains bless the crews before a parade through the city of Lourdes.

Friday, June 14, 2024

Mass for friends and benefactors every 11th of the month

Participate in the mass of the friends and benefactors of the Sanctuary of Lourdes, on site or live via the app. Mass will be celebrated at 11:15 am at the Notre-Dame du Rosaire basilica by a chaplain from the Sanctuary, in the presence of members of the Our Lady of Lourdes family, donors to the Sanctuary, volunteers and members of the host community. Follow along live on the “Pray with Lourdes” app.

Friday, June 14, 2024

The Sanctuary redevelops the space of the pavilions near the Saint-Michel gate

As part of the “Lourdes 2030” projects, the Sanctuary is redeveloping the space formerly dedicated to “pavilions”, near the Saint-Michel gate. The first stage of the project was the demolition of old buildings which will make way for the Sanctuary Gardens, a natural, pleasant and fraternal space on the banks of the Gave.

Friday, June 14, 2024

Serving in Lourdes: volunteering at the Sanctuary

Answer the call of Our Lady of Lourdes by giving your time and becoming a volunteer at the Sanctuary. Accomplish a mission of service close to pilgrims by joining a team dedicated to welcoming people from all over the world.
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Friday, June 14, 2024

The Sanctuary welcomed 14,500 military personnel from 37 nations to the 64th IMP event

From 24th to 26th May, the International Military Pilgrimage (IMP) offered, as every year, an opportunity to meet wounded and disabled brothers in arms from all over the world. A unique opportunity to pray together for peace. See the official IMP photo gallery

Friday, June 14, 2024

The Olympic flame passing through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary of Lourdes welcomed the Olympic flame in the morning on 19th May. On Pentecost morning, pilgrims were able to attend two torch relays before joining the international Mass at the Basilica of Saint Pius X. View the event photo gallery.

Friday, June 14, 2024

The relics of Saint Bernadette on a trip to the South-West of France

They were welcomed in May in the parishes of Lot-et-Garonne. The movement of the relics brought a great surge of faith among the faithful. On the program for this meeting between the Bigourdane Saint and the faithful: the water gesture, adoration and discovery of the message of Lourdes. Report from the parish of Sérignac (France).