{"id":825310,"date":"2024-05-31T15:20:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T13:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/lourdes-international\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T12:13:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T10:13:10","slug":"lourdes-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/lourdes-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Lourdes, a national Sanctuary with a truly international flavour"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"825310\" class=\"elementor elementor-825310 elementor-825238\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72eb8b15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72eb8b15\" 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-238670ab\" data-id=\"238670ab\" 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-3ff515b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff515b8\" 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>During the month of June, the Sanctuary and the streets of the town take on the air of an international capital.<\/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-5ecb8c07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ecb8c07\" 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>Come and enjoy an international experience and meet pilgrims and visitors from Germany, Poland, Croatia, Brazil, Portugal&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/coming-to-lourdes-in-procession\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Come in procession!<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br \/>Come and touch the rock in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/day-pilgrims\/the-grotto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Grotto<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, drink the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/day-pilgrims\/the-water\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">water<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>and light a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/day-pilgrims\/the-candles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">candle<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>like all the other Lourdes pilgrims.<\/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-760a750c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"760a750c\" 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\">\u201cGo and tell the priests that people should come [here] in procession.\u201d<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ef01b36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ef01b36\" 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 Sanctuary of Lourdes is suggesting, as its pastoral theme, the words that Mary, the Mother of God, spoke to Bernadette Soubirous on 2nd March 1858: <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/pastoral-theme-2023-lourdes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>\u201cGo and tell the priests to build a chapel here and that people should come here in procession.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>To reflect the content and richness of these words, and to give pilgrims a better appreciation of them, they have been divided into three phases: in 2022: \u201cGo and tell the priests&#8230;\u201d; in 2023, \u201c&#8230;to build a chapel here&#8230;\u201d; in 2024, \u201c&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Theme_pastoral_Lourdes_2024_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>that people should come here in procession\u201d<\/strong><\/a>.<\/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-75eb56a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75eb56a\" 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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40d9277\" data-id=\"40d9277\" 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-814dc7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"814dc7d\" 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\/2024\/05\/2023-national-Unitalsi-48-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-825252\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2023-national-Unitalsi-48-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2023-national-Unitalsi-48-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2023-national-Unitalsi-48-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2023-national-Unitalsi-48-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2023-national-Unitalsi-48-2048x1365.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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42dbd97d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42dbd97d\" 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-32abf9c2\" data-id=\"32abf9c2\" 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-3f5e0910 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f5e0910\" 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>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Lourdes<\/strong><\/a>, during the month of June, the Sanctuary welcomes processions of people from every race, language and nation. <strong>French-speaking pilgrims<\/strong> are in a real minority. They are well represented, however, by the diocesan pilgrimages of Lyon, Saint-Flour, Arras, Lille, Aire and Dax with their children, and the veterans of North Africa&#8230; not forgetting the great pilgrimage of motorcyclists, eagerly awaited by fans of two-wheeled vehicles and by the children of Lourdes for the events held throughout the town!<\/p><p>Our Italian neighbours also come in large numbers, including pilgrims from the Calabria region, Verona and Genoa, with <a href=\"http:\/\/fr.unitalsilourdes.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNITALSI<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oftal.org\/lourdes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OFTAL<\/a>&#8230; giving the streets of Lourdes an air of the <em>\u2018Dolce Vita\u2019&#8230;<\/em><\/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-b3af022 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b3af022\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/tv-lourdes\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Live coverage of all the major celebrations at the Sanctuary <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-71cf4675 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71cf4675\" 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;\">If we go further south of our region, we find ourselves with our <strong>Spanish friends<\/strong> from Catalonia who will be here with their joy and friendliness: from Vic-Solsona, Girona, Barcelona, Saint-Feliu, Terrassa, Lleida&#8230; Not forgetting all those who have travelled from Mallorca, Valencia, Vigo, Albacete, M\u00e9rida, Ciudad-Real&#8230; and Rioja, a region well known for its vineyards, whose young people play a very active part in their pilgrimage; throughout the year they offer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/challengeinternacional.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">virtual pilgrimages<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to Lourdes, spiritual workshops, companionship&#8230;<\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c49981f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c49981f\" 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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb36b23\" data-id=\"bb36b23\" 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-bfe775f elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"bfe775f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/o4R91NQWHg8&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\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-f4685e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4685e6\" 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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aaf8eca\" data-id=\"aaf8eca\" 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-2d778a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d778a5\" 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;\">The <strong>English language<\/strong> is also very well represented. You\u2019ll hear it in a wide variety of accents with our pilgrim friends from Waterford, the Irish Association of Lourdes Volunteers, the North American Volunteers, as well as those arriving from Ireland, Miami or pilgrims with disabilities who come to Lourdes with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.across.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Across<\/a> association.<\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0de84d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0de84d5\" 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-9ed662d\" data-id=\"9ed662d\" 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-c6bd42b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6bd42b\" 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 decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/22_proc-mar-strasbourg-37-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-825260\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/22_proc-mar-strasbourg-37-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/22_proc-mar-strasbourg-37-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/22_proc-mar-strasbourg-37-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/22_proc-mar-strasbourg-37-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/22_proc-mar-strasbourg-37-2048x1365.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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4dd039e\" data-id=\"4dd039e\" 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-6b8b997 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b8b997\" 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 decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/53755006845_e6c3a934c5_o-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-825274\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/53755006845_e6c3a934c5_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/53755006845_e6c3a934c5_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/53755006845_e6c3a934c5_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/53755006845_e6c3a934c5_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/53755006845_e6c3a934c5_o-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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac539ad\" data-id=\"ac539ad\" 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-741b3d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"741b3d4\" 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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53247995083_46d7733676_o-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-819557\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53247995083_46d7733676_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53247995083_46d7733676_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53247995083_46d7733676_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53247995083_46d7733676_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53247995083_46d7733676_o.jpg 1920w\" 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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c559698 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c559698\" 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-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a506491\" data-id=\"a506491\" 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-6ff5c51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6ff5c51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.com\/en\/official-mobile-application\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">For more information on venues and timings, download the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes mobile app.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1474b1f\" data-id=\"1474b1f\" 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