Dominican Pilgrimages

St Dominic

Lourdes

The pilgrimage of Lourdes is founded on the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin to a poor, fourteen-year-old girl, Bernadette Soubiroux. The first apparition occurred 11 February, 1858. There were eighteen in all; the last took place 16 July, of the same year.

Every year members of the English Province of the Dominican family, friars, sisters, laity, and their friends make a pilgrimage to Lourdes to pray, take part in the liturgical life of the shrine and to listen to spiritual conferences designed to deepen our knowledge of the Word of God.  In 2006 we shall be travelling from two centres:  Stansted and Newcastle airports, departing on the 4th August and returning on 11th August.  During this pilgrimage we shall have the special joy of celebrating Mass in the Grotto on the Feast of Saint Dominic, 8th August.

The cost from Stansted is £495 per person shared room, full board, travel insurance (£15 per night single supplement—limited availability)

The cost from Newcastle Airport is £557 per person shared room, full board, travel insurance (£15 per night single supplement—limited availability)

If you would like to come or would like further information please contact Fr Mark Edney OP, Blackfriars, Oxford OX1 3LY  Tel : 01865 288231
E mail  lourdes.pilgrimage@english.op.org

Walsingham Abbey

Walsingham

Walsingham, in north Norfolk has been a place of pilgrimage since medieval times, when travel to Rome and Compostella was virtually impossible. The original Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, founded in 1061, was destroyed at the Reformation.  Many barren years passed until the Slipper Chapel, a 14th century wayside pilgrim chapel, was restored and pilgrimage to Walsingham began once more.  In 1934, the English Bishops named the Slipper Chapel the Roman Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady.

This year the Dominican Pilgrimage to Walsingham will take place on Sunday 21st May.  Further details are available form Fr Leo Edgar OP, St Dominic's Priory, Sounthampton Road, London NW5 4LB  Tel: 020 7482 9218
E mail walsingham.pilgrimage@english.op.org