The end of the pilgrimage is always a time of thanks. The duty of thanking everyone who had helped prepare for the pilgrimage and work so hard whilst in Lourdes fell to our new director, Fr. Michael Jones.At the end of our final Mass the Bishop presented medals to the helpers of the pilgrimage who have served for a number of years. It is great to see all the efforts of our young people rewarded and brings back many happy memories of my own years of service to the pilgrimage.
Through the Lourdes pilgrimage some of our young people begin to discern the possibility of a vocation to the priethood.. Please keep all our young people in your prayers and especially those discerning a vocation to the priesthood. It was on my third pilgrimage to Lourdes that Tom Arkless, the then Chief Brancardier asked me if I thought I had a vocation. The rest, as they say is history.
(Not sure if the photo would attract any vocations today - you never know God works in mysterious ways!!!
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