Lourdes Direct: Bishop Declan with the Story of St Bernadette

24 August 2008

Bishop Declan is leading the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes this week (Friday 22 August to Friday 29 August).  We bring you a podcast direct from Lourdes.  The Bishop explains why Lourdes is so important to Catholics in the Clifton Diocese and the wider world. 

Many Catholics from the West of England are with the Bishop marking the 150th anniversary of the French town 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 today’s podcast in the multimedia panel on the right - we join Bishop Declan just outside the Grotto to find out more about the Lourdes story. 

We have some pictures taken in and around Lourdes which can be viewed in the image gallery - just click on the small photographs for the full picture.

Yesterday we brought you news of the pilgrims' arrival. 

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.