Saturday
19th September

7.00pm

Opening Service with the Oblate Youth Service

Join the Oblate Youth Service, who serve our assisted pilgrims so wonderfully each year in Lourdes, in the Oblate parish of Saint Michael’s, Inchicore as we begin our Virtual Pilgrimage together with a time of Taizé prayer and song before the Cross. Our pilgrimage candle is lit by Laura Bascaille in Lourdes.

Sunday
20th September

8.30 am

Morning Reflection with Bishop Ray Field

Bishop Field is a former barrister, a member of the first successful Irish expedition to Mount Everest in 1993, and also served as a prison chaplain and head chaplain of the Defence Forces. In September 1997 he was appointed Titular Bishop of Ard Mór and Auxiliary bishop of Dublin. He has accompanied the Oblate Pilgrimage to Lourdes for many years.

12 noon

Opening Mass – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Celebrant: Fr Lorcan O’Reilly OMI – Fr Lorcan is the Director of the Oblate Pilgrimage to Lourdes and currently director of the Oblate Retreat centre in Crewe. Joining him today is Fr Vincent Mulligan OMI Director Emeritus of the Pilgrimage. 

7.00 pm

The Holy Rosary with the Oblate Family

Beginning at the Grotto in Inchicore join us for the Rosary with decades prayed by members of the Oblate family from Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and the island of Jersey.

Monday
21st September

8.30 am

Morning Reflection with Sinéad Hanafin

Peg Hanafin, author and poet, was an assisted pilgrim who travelled to Lourdes with us for many years. Peg sadly went home to God this summer and her daughter, Sinéad, presents a reflection Peg had prepared especially for this  Virtual Pilgrimage.

12 noon

Mass of the Immaculate Conception

Celebrant: Fr Liam Griffin OMI – Fr Liam is part of the Oblate Provincial Administration and ministered in Lourdes to English-speaking pilgrims for ten years. Join today’s mass from the “Irish Lourdes” – the Lourdes Grotto in Inchicore.

7.00 pm

The Way of the Cross with Kairos Community Trust

This very special Way of the Cross is brought to you by the Kairos Community Trust in London – a charity working with a thriving community of men and women recovering from lives of addiction and homelessness across London. For the past 10 years members of Kairos have volunteered with the Pilgrimage in Lourdes.   

Tuesday
22nd September

8.30 am

Morning Reflection with Pádraig Corcoran

Pádraig is the Oblate Youth Worker based in Saint Michael’s Parish in Inchicore. He is also Director of the Oblate Youth Service and co-ordinates the OYS in Lourdes each year.

12 noon

Mass from the Grotto in Lourdes

Celebrant: Mons Xavier d’Adrodes – Vice Rector of the Shrine of Lourdes with responsibility for international coordination.

8.00 pm

Torchlight Procession live from Lourdes

A pilgrimage to Lourdes would not be complete without joining in the beautiful torchlight Rosary procession in Our Lady’s Sanctuary, Lourdes. Note: The Procession begins at 8 pm Irish/UK time.