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Southwark in Lourdes with the Catholic Association - 2008

Pilgrimage Programme

Time in Lourdes (one hour ahead of London):

 
 

Daily 5:00 pm
9:00 pm
Blessed Sacrament Procession
Rosary and Torchlight Procession
 
Saturday
23rd August
2:30 pm Gathering Mass at the Esplanade Altar - 'Jubilee'
(Readings: Isaiah 55:1-6; Luke 1:39-56)

Principal Concelebrant and Preacher: Bishop Declan Lang (Clifton)
After the homily the helpers' hands are blessed with oil
Before the final blessing Bishop Crispian Hollis (Portsmouth) presents the Hospitalité insignia
Also on Saturday: Visit to the Cachot and walking tour of Lourdes
 
Sunday
24th August
9:30 am International Mass in the St Pius X Basilica
 
Monday
25th August
9:00 am

8:00 pm
Mass for Southwark pilgrims in the Upper Basilica
Excursion Day
Hospitalit
é Service at St Joseph's Chapel
 
Tuesday
26th August
9:15 am
9:45 am


2:00 pm
Procession to the Grotto from the statue of the Crowned Virgin
Pilgrimage Mass at the Grotto - 'The Church in Mission with Mary'
(Readings: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-11)
Principal Celebrant and Preacher: Bishop Paul Hendricks
Penitential Service in the St Pius X Basilica
Celebrant and Preacher: Fr Wilfrid McGreal, OCarm
 
Wednesday
27th August
10:00 am

11:00 am

2:00 pm
4:00 pm
Stations of the Cross for the sick on the Prairie
Leader and Preacher: Fr Simon Blakesley
Stations of the Cross on Calvary
Leader and Preacher: Fr John Twist, SJ
Passage through the Grotto
Pilgrimage Mass
in St Bernadette Church organised by children
(Readings: Philippians 2:1-4; Mark 6:30-34)
Principal Concelebrant and Preacher: Bishop Michael Evans (East Anglia)
 
Thursday
28th August
9:00 am



2:00 pm
Mass with Anointing of the Sick at St Bernadette Church
(Readings: Apocalypse 21:1-4; Matthew 4:23-25)
Principal Concelebrant and Preacher: Bishop Crispian Hollis (Portsmouth)
Prayers with the Sick at the Baths  Leader: Bishop Declan Lang
 
Friday
29th August
8:00 am Sending Forth Mass at St Bernadette Church
The Beheading of St John the Baptist
(Readings: Jeremiah 1:17-19; Mark 6:17-29)

Principal Concelebrant and Preacher: Bishop Peter Doyle (Northampton)
Sending Forth Prayer and Farewell: Bishop Declan Lang
 

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