Lourdes

Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes Programme of Ceremonies 2024 ~ subject to change   Pastoral Theme for 2024: “Go and tell the priests (2022)……… to build a chapel here (2023) …………. and that people should come in procession (2024)”   Thursday 5th September 5.30p.m. Mass of Welcome St. Bernadette’s Church […]

Welcome The Dublin Diocese undertakes two pilgrimages to Lourdes each year. The pilgrimage in September is one of the biggest events in the Diocesan calendar and is lead by the Archbishop. Approximately 2,000 pilgrims travel to Lourdes from all over the Diocese. Of these, 180 are sick pilgrims staying at […]

In 1866 the Lourdes Ecclesiastical Authority declared that Our Blessed Lady had appeared to St. Bernadette at the Grotto in 1858.  From this date until the end of the century, there are no records of any group from Dublin travelling to the Shrine, although clergy and laity of the Diocese […]

The Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes is planned and organised by the DDPL Committee and the Helpers Council. The DDPL Committee meet frequently throughout the year and travel to Lourdes in February to meet with the representatives from the Accueil and the Sanctuary. The Committee is comprised of delegates from […]

Children’s Easter Pilgrimage The DDCPL takes a group of children with special needs on a six-day pilgrimage to Lourdes every year at Easter. The children are cared for by volunteers chosen and trained for the purpose, who get to know the children before they travel and meet them again at […]

Dublin Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes The Presbytery 51 Home Farm Road Dublin 9 D09 W5W4 Tel: 01-8376820/8087555 Lourdes Office: Lourdes.Office@dublindiocese.ie Helpers Council: helperscouncil@dublindiocese.ie Login to Helpers Portal here  

  Volunteer Helper – Are you interested in volunteering? The pilgrimage would not be possible except for the wonderful helpers who give their time and dedication to the pilgrimage. The volunteers are collectively known as the Dublin Hospitalité and comprise of the following: Handmaids – the name given to female […]