Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

The Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage 17-22 September 2023

Join the Oblate Lourdes pilgrimage from your home as we celebrate 140 years since the very first pilgrimage in 1883.


Schedule of Events:

Please click on the day below to join the services for that day. All will be available to watch back after the advertised times. Most services will also be available on the Lourdes Sanctuary Youtube and facebook channels (LourdesTV) https://www.lourdes-france.com/en/lourdes-tv-platform/

Day1: Sunday 17th

Day 2: Monday 18th

Day 3: Tuesday 19th

Day 4: Wednesday 20th

Day 5: Thursday 21st

Day 6: Friday 22nd


 

Day1: Sunday 17th September 2023

Schedule (All times Irish / UK times):

Morning Prayer Lourdes Domain 8.30am
Vigil of Prayer
Saint Joseph’s Chapel 9.30pm


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 – watch here


Day 3: Tuesday 19th September 2023

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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 – watch here

 


Day 4: Wednesday 20th September 2023

Download today’s liturgies (PDF)

Schedule (All times Irish / UK times):

Morning Prayer Lourdes Domain 8.30am  – watch here
Mass The Grotto of Lourdes 9am – watch here
Reconciliation Service St Bernadette Chapel 7.45pm

 


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
     


Day 6: Friday 22nd September 2023

Morning Prayer Lourdes Domain 8.30am

Pray with us:

Send in your prayer intentions. In 1883, the first Oblate pilgrims carried with them the prayers and petitions of many people who were unable to physically make the journey. Writing a prayer petition to Our Lady of Lourdes is a way for all people to share in the gift of Lourdes. Simply write from the heart your request and address it to Our Lady and end it with an affirmation of your faith.
If you would like us to bring your prayer petitions with us in September please send them to us and we will place at the Grotto on your behalf. Petitions can be sent to: Pilgrimage Office, House of Retreat, Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8 or by email to lourdes@oblates.ie 

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Light a Candle at the Grotto

 
 

Why Lourdes?

LOURDES for many is a place of encounter, healing and peace. Every pilgrim finds something different and everyone returns home with their own story about their visit to Lourdes.

The grotto is more than just a place where something extra-ordinary happened; more importantly it is the place where God comes to meet us, heart to heart. Lourdes is place where we hear a message that we are loved, healed and forgiven. In coming to Lourdes, we follow in the footsteps of many thousands of pilgrims from all over the world who have come here before us, carrying with them – as we do – their hopes, burdens and dreams.

Assisted Pilgrims

Our Assisted Pilgrims are those who require a special level of care and they stay in the Accueil Notre Dame. Designed in the form of open arms the Accueil Notre Dame reminds us that, in Lourdes, everyone is welcome and cared for.

During the pilgrimage the Accueil is staffed by a committed medical team and other volunteers who work together to help our assisted pilgrims to fully take part in all aspects of the pilgrimage.

The Oblates and Lourdes

The Missionary Oblates were the first group to organise pilgrimages to Lourdes from Britain and Ireland and have been organising pilgrimages to Lourdes since 1883. Every year pilgrims join us from Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, and the Channel Islands. This year, for Lourdes 2023, we celebrate a very special anniversary of the pilgrimage – 140 years!

Saint Bernadette

About Lourdes

In 1858, a young girl from a small rural village in the foothills of the Pyrenées Mountains witnessed something amazing – while gathering firewood near the local rubbsh heap, Bernadette Soubirous saw a vision of Mary, Mother of God at the Grotto (Cave) of Massabielle.
Between February 11 and July 16, 1858, Bernadette spoke with Mary eighteen times.
Mary asked that the people come in procession to pray and to bathe in the waters of Lourdes – now every year, millions of pilgrims from all around the world visit Lourdes.

The Story of Lourdes >

The pilgrimage will include:

  • Mass at the Grotto/Grotto tour
  • Torchlight Procession
  • Blessed Sacrament Procession
  • Stations of the Cross
  • Visit to the baths
  • Mass of Anointing of the Sick
  • Sacrament of Reconciliation

As a pilgrimage, we will also have daily Mass, and plenty of opportunity for relaxing, renewing old friendships and shopping. There will also be plenty of time to make your own pilgrimage – whether you want to light a candle, spend some quiet time in prayer at the Grotto, or walk in the footsteps of the child Bernadette.

In coming to Lourdes, we follow in the footsteps of many thousands of pilgrims from all over the world who have come here before us, carrying with them – as we do – their hopes, burdens and dreams.

For more information about booking and on our range of pilgrimage packages, please visit our Pilgrimage Website:

Or download the Brochure (Ireland) by clicking here

For more information, please contact Fr Lorcan O’Reilly OMI: lourdes@oblates.ie

 


Videos:

What Lourdes means to me:

The Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage Video

Come to Lourdes as a Volunteer

Come to Lourdes as a Pilgrim