Lourdes Direct: Student Priest in Lourdes

28 August 2008

Matt Anscombe is one of people in Lourdes as part of the diocesan pilgrimage.  Matt is a student for the priesthood for the Clifton Diocese.  cliftondiocese.com brings you a podcast - direct from Lourdes - where Matt talks about his feelings for the French shrine. 

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 Matt’s 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 are also online.  Yesterday we found out what it’s like to volunteer to help others here in Lourdes. 

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.

For further information about training for the priesthood check our 'Vocations' section and enjoy our 'Vocation Conversations' video series.