Official site for the 150th Anniversary of the Apparitions
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COMMUNICATION - Three different posters are available on the website in order to spread the happy announcement of the jubilee year.
Informative and practical, the Spiritual Handbook 2008 is aimed at all pilgrims coming to Lourdes this year of Jubilee celebrating the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous.
Blessed and crowned by the Pope on February 11th (2007) in Rome, the pilgrim statue of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes continues its journey through Italy. The end of the peregrination is planned in Rome in December 2008. More information on www.unitalsi.it
The Pope Benedict XVI will come to Lourdes in 2008 for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Apparitions.
A crowd from all the nations.
The diocesan pilgrimage will all celebrate a mass in the Grotto of the Apparitions.
The Jubilee Year has started on december 8th 2007 and will come to an end on december 8th 2008.
The
Pope is coming to Lourdes to celebrate the 150th anniversary ff
the Apparitions, from
Saturday 13 to Monday 15 September. Lourdes
is preparing for the visit. Everyone
is welcome. To facilitate people travelling to Lourdes by car for the Pope's visit, there will be a number of car-parks available outside the town. There will be a free bus service to bring people into the town.
Priests and Deacons: Do you want to con-celebrate at the Masses during the Pope's visit to Lourdes ?
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The Pope will arrive in France on the 12 September. He will visit Notre Dame and preside at a Mass on the morning of the 13 at Place Invalides. For more details of the programme please go to: www.pape-france.org
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World Youth Day in Lourdes
For those young people who are not able to travel to Australia for the World Youth Day in Sydney, you are welcome to come to Lourdes from 15-20 July.
Registration for WYD in Lourdes: the "PASS COMPLET is sold out, there is however the possibility of purchasing the "PASS WEEKEND" or the "PASS ACTIVITES"
World Youth Day in Lourdes
