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Each year, the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton takes more than 700 pilgrims to Lourdes to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes. Our group includes pilgrims who are sick, disabled, frail or elderly and need our help to make the journey. Our pilgrimage is 'Love in Action', we journey to Lourdes to serve each other and to renew our commitment to walk with Jesus Christ with the help of Our Lady and St Bernadette. You can follow the pilgrimage using the pilgrimage handbook, here:

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This year, the 849 pilgrims began arriving in Lourdes on Thursday 25 July, by plane, by train, by coach, by car, by Jumbulance – even by bicycle! – and all should be in Lourdes by the early hours of Saturday 27 July.  

You can read the Pilgrimage Handbook, to follow the Pilgrimage's prayers, Masses and events, by clicking the button below.

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The main times when pilgrims gather are:

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Saturday 27 July

3pm Opening Mass with blessing of hands, followed by passage through the Grotto.

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Sunday 28 July

9.30am International Mass – with thousands of people from other pilgrimages from around the world.

This Mass (‘Messe Internationale de Lourdes’) should be available to watch live on the Lourdes YouTube page.

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Monday 29 July

5pm The Blessed Sacrament Procession with Adoration and Blessing of the Sick.

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Tuesday 30 July

2pm Mass with Anointing of the Sick

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Wednesday 31 July

10am Mass at the Grotto

This Mass (‘Messe Internationale de Lourdes’) may be available to watch live on the Lourdes YouTube page.

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Thursday 1 August

9am Mass with Closing Ceremony