Mon., 6/23 - Lourdes! All Day Ere Day!

A whole day in Lourdes starting with Mass at the Grotto, then a 2.5 hour tour of everything St. Bernadette, lunch, a trip to the baths, free time, the Eucharistic procession, dinner and the Rosary Procession.  Most of the pilgrims are getting up early to be to the Grotto by 5:00am to either make or renew their consecration to Mary before the Grotto fills up with people and the first Mass at 6:00am.  We depart Lourdes at 7:30.

The best time to visit the Grotto - 5am - before 

eveyone else starts arriving!

The Church of St. Bernadette

Baptismal font used for St. Bernadette's baptism.

The Church of St. Bernadette

The largest Catholic Church in the world!  

No one passing by would know that it seats 25,000.  

It's the Basilica of St. Pius X, aka

 the Underground Basilica at Lordes.

Venerating St. John Paul II Relic

Waiting for the baths 

The Rosary Church - the 3rd Church built at Lordes with a seating capacity of 1,500.  The dome is surmounted with a gilded golden crown and cross.

Basilica of the Immaculate Conception - Lordes

Crypt Church at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception