Diocesan Pilgrimage To Lourdes
This is one of the leading pilgrimages in the Diocesan year and usually takes place in June or July. It is well known that none of the sick attend or stay at one of the hospitals in the town, and stay in the main hotels cared for by the own diocesan team of Doctors and Nurses.
The youth in their brightly coloured shirts are clearly distinguishable and are often praised for the voluntary work in looking after their own individual pilgrim during the week. For many years the uniform's colours changed with each group that went, although recently a highly popular yellow and green shirt has been adopted.
Another tradition of the diocese is that they lead two of the main services at least once whilst staying in Lourdes, this being the Marian ("Torchlight") procession and the Blessed Sacrament procession. Mass at the grotto usually also takes place.
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