{"id":810308,"date":"2023-08-30T09:08:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T07:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/lhistoire-exceptionnelle-de-janet-russell-a-lourdes\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T11:51:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T09:51:59","slug":"the-extraordinary-story-of-janet-russell-in-lourdes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/the-extraordinary-story-of-janet-russell-in-lourdes\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>The extraordinary story of Janet Russell in Lourdes<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"810308\" class=\"elementor elementor-810308 elementor-809882\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-419a42f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"419a42f2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bde8a69\" data-id=\"2bde8a69\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b16ab6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b16ab6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mother of three children, Janet Russell from San Diego, came to Lourdes in 2023 with the Order of Malta\u2019s annual pilgrimage accompanied by Michelle, one of her daughters.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19fd3a7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19fd3a7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lourdes has always held a special place in Janet\u2019s heart, since her mother had always told her that she was a <strong>descendant of Jeanne Abadie, the girl who accompanied Bernadette Soubirous when, on 11th February 1858, she went to gather firewood at the Grotto of Lourdes and where she was blessed to encounter the Virgin Mary.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3feed518 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3feed518\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An unexpected gift<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71ea1fa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71ea1fa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201c<em>On my 51st birthday, my life as a \u201cmalade\u201d began. \u201cMalade\u201d is the French word for \u201csick one,\u201d and it became part of my identity when I was diagnosed with low-grade follicular lymphoma following a routine check-up. Cancer was not the birthday gift I was expecting, but the spiritual journey I would embark upon as a result would truly change my life and bless me with a gift of understanding that I feel the responsibility to share,\u201d<\/em> recalls Janet in her testimony, which appeared on 21st August in<a href=\"https:\/\/angelusnews.com\/local\/la-catholics\/cancer-and-healing-in-lourdes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Angelus News from the diocese of Los Angeles<\/a>.<br \/>Janet is convinced that each person who makes a pilgrimage to Lourdes does so through the invitation of the Holy Virgin. Her story is just one example. She was hoping to come in 2020, but the pandemic cancelled her plans. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise.<br \/>She was able to come in 2023 with her daughter, Michelle, who was just 16 years old (not much older than Bernadette and her friend, Jeanne Abadie, during the apparitions in 1858).<br \/>The hospitaliers from the Order of Malta looked after Janet and assisted her with her many needs throughout the pilgrimage, and because of their help, she was able to be fully receptive to the blessings of the pilgrimage.<\/p><p>\u201c<em>The love, care, and friendship I felt from each knight, dame, doctor, nurse, priest, and even the teen volunteers will be something I will never forget. When a dame washed my feet at the church, it was the gesture of a true servant of Christ. Indeed, I felt the love of Jesus and his Mother working through each and every one of them. It was a little piece of heaven on earth,<\/em>\u201d explains Janet.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-95276e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"95276e3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1aa69ae1\" data-id=\"1aa69ae1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ab36f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56ab36f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The water, the Grotto and following in the footsteps of Bernadette and Jeanne Abadie<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab9c766 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab9c766\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-acfa57b\" data-id=\"acfa57b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abf2830 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abf2830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is hard to count all the blessings she received in the week she was in Lourdes. Her main goal was to visit the <strong>Grotto<\/strong>, which was even more beautiful than she had imagined. <strong>The water<\/strong> flowed from the spring in the Grotto, the very spring that Bernadette discovered on 25th February 1858 in response to the request from the Lady of Massabielle who said, \u201cGo and drink at the spring and wash yourself there.\u201d<br \/>After having touched the rock like millions of other pilgrims, Janet and her daughter placed their prayer petitions in the box in the Grotto. Their intentions were joined by all those collected by the Order of Malta in Los Angeles at their mass for the World Day of the Sick.<br \/>Mother and daughter went together to make<strong> the Water Gesture<\/strong> and the emotion they felt was very moving: <em>\u201cI felt a sense of cleansing and a renewal of faith, plus a deep love and connection with my only daughter.<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ecd7dab\" data-id=\"ecd7dab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99a0471 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99a0471\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SOURCE-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-809907\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SOURCE-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SOURCE-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SOURCE-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SOURCE-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/SOURCE-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7720ba5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7720ba5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The two pilgrims also walked<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-infotourisme.com\/app\/uploads\/lourdes\/2023\/08\/Chemin_bernadette_finaldigital.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Bernadette&#8217;s Way<\/strong> <\/a>following the brass way-markers, which guide pilgrims and tourists on a trail around historic Lourdes.<strong> They retraced the steps of Bernadette and Jeanne Abadie.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7dca52a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7dca52a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1604750\" data-id=\"1604750\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e94cad3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e94cad3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A visit to the cemetery in Lourdes<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b59f0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b59f0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Janet also wanted to pay a visit to her great-great aunt at the cemetery de l\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9 with the Abadie family monument on one side, and the Soubirous family on the other. They prayed for both families in what was a sacred moment of communion with their ancestor!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ce1ec9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ce1ec9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0fd99f\" data-id=\"e0fd99f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-501500f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"501500f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A complete pilgrimage<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e40d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52e40d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pilgrims to Lourdes are always invited to visit the chapel of Reconciliation, follow the Stations of the Cross and to pray at the Grotto of Massabielle.<br \/>In front of the Grotto, Janet Russell was able to reflect and consider the pain and confusion she had felt when first diagnosed, and how clearly it contrasted with the peace and love she had experienced in the years since that day.<strong><br \/>Reconciliation was a special moment for Janet where she was able to confess everything that she felt needed healing and forgiveness.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8dea0b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8dea0b3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d42e608\" data-id=\"d42e608\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3c8f39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e3c8f39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A pilgrimage to Lourdes is a source of renewal and peace.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4da3ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4da3ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our Lady of Lourdes said to Saint Bernadette, \u201c<em>I do not promise you happiness in this world, but in the other. Would you do me the honour of coming here for fifteen days?\u201d<\/em> Millions of pilgrims would soon follow St. Bernadette and accept the Blessed Mother\u2019s invitation. And, while they know they will not find eternal happiness in this life, the moments of joy they feel in being close to our Blessed Mother are an experience they will never forget.<br \/>* (Source: Angelus News from the diocese of Los Angeles)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87c7636 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87c7636\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b49ea4\" data-id=\"5b49ea4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2172370 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2172370\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Janet-Russell-et-sa-fille.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-809900\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Janet-Russell-et-sa-fille.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Janet-Russell-et-sa-fille-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Janet-Russell-et-sa-fille-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Janet Russell and her daughter, Michelle pose in front of the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, where the Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous. (Source: Angelus News from the diocese of Los Angeles)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a2c137b\" data-id=\"a2c137b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-036e314 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"036e314\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/tombeau-famille-Abadie-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-809914\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/tombeau-famille-Abadie-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/tombeau-famille-Abadie.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Janet Russell visited a local cemetery, Cimeti\u00e8re de Langelle in Lourdes, where the Abadie and Soubirous families are buried. (Source: Angelus News from the diocese of Los Angeles)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e0f5bb\" data-id=\"5e0f5bb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8b6a99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8b6a99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2k11_musee-bernadette-inventaire-32-220x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-809886\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2k11_musee-bernadette-inventaire-32-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2k11_musee-bernadette-inventaire-32-751x1024.jpg 751w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2k11_musee-bernadette-inventaire-32-768x1048.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2k11_musee-bernadette-inventaire-32-1126x1536.jpg 1126w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2k11_musee-bernadette-inventaire-32-1501x2048.jpg 1501w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2k11_musee-bernadette-inventaire-32-scaled.jpg 1877w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Jeanne Abadie, friend of Bernadette Soubirous, great-grand-aunt of Janet Russell (Source: Archives et patrimoine du SanctuaireNDL)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother of three children, Janet Russell from San Diego, came to Lourdes in 2023 with the Order of Malta\u2019s annual pilgrimage accompanied by Michelle, one of her daughters. 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