Pilgrim Diary: Ye-Ye Xu (OCULP 2022)

Pilgrim Diary: Ye-Ye Xu (OCULP 2022)

    A poor, sick, but happy girl was gathering firewood by a stream. It was muddy; in a cave. She was fourteen, gathering firewood for two parents and eight siblings who all lived prayerfully in one room of a small house. They were in Lourdes, a town by the...
Pilgrim Diary: Nathan Coundon (OCULP 2022)

Pilgrim Diary: Nathan Coundon (OCULP 2022)

    This was my first time in Lourdes, and it has taken me days to reflect upon the graces that God and Mary gave us as a group, and me personally, during the week. I encountered Lourdes as a place where heaven is extraordinarily close to earth; whilst that...
Pilgrim Diary: Jasmine Jones (OCULP 2022)

Pilgrim Diary: Jasmine Jones (OCULP 2022)

Time is transcended and Heaven touches earth. The week of the Oxford-Cambridge Universities Lourdes Pilgrimage 2022 was one endless day, structured by a succession of extraordinary events — ordinary occurrences in this magnificent Marian shrine. Stepping into the...
The Annual Oxford-Cambridge Lourdes pilgrimage

The Annual Oxford-Cambridge Lourdes pilgrimage

This year the Oxford and Cambridge Lourdes pilgrimage was a diverse and vibrant group of stagiaires ranging from first year volunteers to veterans of over 50 years. As first years, our first day was spent together in formation, learning about the history and message...