by Alvea Fernandes | Aug 10, 2022 | News, Blog post
I first heard about Lourdes when I was about 8 years old and a catechist at a children’s liturgy group introduced the class to the story of St. Bernadette and the miracles of the spring that Our Blessed Mother revealed to her. My excitement was...
by Alvea Fernandes | Aug 9, 2022 | News, Blog post
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...
by Alvea Fernandes | Aug 8, 2022 | News, Blog post
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...
by Alvea Fernandes | Aug 5, 2022 | News, Blog post
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...
by Catholic Chaplaincy | Aug 28, 2019 | News
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...