Friends, on the day our pilgrims start to head home after a spiritually enriching pilgrimage, we are joined be the Oblate Youth Service to lead us in prayer.  The OYS have been busy assisting pilgrims around the sanctuary and whilst doing so they have had a great time listening to everyone’s memories from previous years...

Gospel Reflection for Sunday September 24th 2023 | 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time I am reminded this week of the saying that “history is written by the victors.” When reading the Gospel of today, particularly the last sentence, “…the last shall be first, and the first, last.”, I felt very strongly that it had to...

Day 5: Thursday 21st September 2023 Download today’s liturgies (PDF) Schedule (All times Irish / UK times): Morning Prayer Lourdes Domain 8.30am  – watch here Mass of Anointing St Bernadette Chapel 9am – watch here Thanksgiving & Missioning Service Pius X Basilica 1pm       Friends, we invite you to join Deanna Greene from...

Oblate Family Morning Prayer from Lourdes: September 20th (Day Four) Friends, please join us once again in Lourdes for our Oblate Family prayer together. Today, Louise Fitzgerald presents the prayer and reflection from the Terrace of the Acceuil Notre Dame overlooking the Basilicas at Lourdes. The Acceuil, where our assisted guest stay while on pilgrimage,...

Day 3: Tuesday 19th September 2023 Download today’s liturgies (PDF) Schedule (All times Irish / UK times): Morning Prayer Lourdes Domain 8.30am  – watch here Mass Pius X Basilica 9am – watch here Eucharistic Procession & Benediction Lourdes Domain & Pius X Basilica 4-5pm – watch here Remembering our Dead  St Bernadette Chapel 7.45pm –...

Day 2: Monday 18th September 2023: Download the text to follow along with today’s liturgies (PDF): Schedule (All times Irish / UK times): Morning Prayer Lourdes Domain 8.30am  – watch here Opening Mass St Bernadette Chapel 9.15am – watch here Way of the Cross High Stations / Low Stations 1.30pm Torchlight Procession Lourdes Domain 8pm...

Dear friends, the time has finally arrived! Welcome to the official opening of our 2023 pilgrimage. Our Pilgrims have gathered together finally after months of preparation from Ireland, England, Scotland, and Wales and Jersey. Tonight’s service was an opportunity to gather for a quiet time of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament to thank the Lord...

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time A(I) “Myopia Diagnosis” Friends, to be short-sighted, is one thing. We can get lenses, some comfortable frames, sometimes even a laser treatment – everything is clear then. But how to treat Myopia which affects our souls – our inner selves? How to see and feel deeper, that what is not...

The theme of the 2023 pilgrimage is “Pilgrims of Hope”. Join Fr Liam Griffin for morning prayer from the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, France. During the Oblate general meeting last year in Rome, Pope Francis told us “You have chosen to be pilgrims, to rdiscover and live your condition as wayfarers in this...

Gospel Reflection for Sunday September 17th 2023 | 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time In his adventure/survivor novel, ‘Lord of the Flies’, William Golding introduces us to a group of teenage boys (in fact, a school choir) stranded on a desert island when their plane crashes. They quickly discover that they are the only survivors and...