Lourdes Direct: A Life Less Ordinary

29 August 2008

Lourdes is an unusual place and there are many jobs in the town that could also be considered unusual.  cliftondiocese.com brings you a podcast - direct from Lourdes - where we meet a tour manger for a company that arranges pilgrimages. 

Bishop Declan is leading the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes this week (Friday 22 August to Friday 29 August).  He is joined by many Catholics from the West of England marking the 150th anniversary of Lourdes becoming a place of pilgrimage.

cliftondiocese.com is bringing you regular podcasts and pictures from Lourdes - so people back home can feel that they are part of the pilgrimage.

You can listen to our conversation with Lisa of Tangney Tours in our podcast in the multimedia panel on the right. 

cliftondiocese.com has brought you - direct from Lourdes - news of the pilgrims’ arrival.  We also have a podcast from Bishop Declan encapsulating the Lourdes story and a further audio experience of the sounds of the opening Mass.  Video and podcasts from the torchlight procession and the Clifton Diocese Mass is also online.  We’ve found out what it’s like to volunteer to help others here in Lourdes and yesterday we spoke with Clifton Diocese student for the priesthood Matt Anscombe who talked about why he’s taking part in the pilgrimage. 

Throughout the year a series of podcasts entitled ‘Lourdes Lives’ has been published weekly on cliftondiocese.com.  ‘Lourdes Lives’ features local people who have visited Lourdes talking about their, sometimes life changing, experiences.