Karen

We consider the Lourdes family a gift to us. It was, and forever will be the trip of a lifetime and everything that we experienced there was hard for us to put into words really, but just all around beautiful. When I think of Lourdes, the biggest gift (our son) Connor...

Katie

My love of Lourdes developed as I witnessed my young neighbor fight for her life. Her mother asked me to pray over the 11-year-old girl three times during her five-and-a-half-month stay in the intensive care unit. I brought Lourdes water with me each time and asked...

Tim

The power of God through a Saint.  The number of people drawn to The Relics of St. Bernadette was amazing.  Not just in the prayers and in the worship but in the fellowship.  I was able to give and receive hugs all day long from people I see often and from people I...

Lynn

Everyone has a story: For Dan and myself, the very fact that we are here is a miracle! We are so grateful.  Each one of us was meant to be on this journey.  Our Lady draws us in many different ways.  She is very clever! As we experience this pilgrimage, we are...

Francesca

From a very young age, I hoped that Our Lady would bring me to Lourdes.  My parents first visited Lourdes on a military pilgrimage when my family was stationed in Germany, and my two older siblings served on numerous youth pilgrimages.  This small, miraculous town in...

Abby

“Being able to serve the sick in the Piscines is a very spiritual experience. These pilgrims, whose sickness is physical, mental, or even spiritual, travel hundreds of miles to make a pilgrimage to Lourdes and bathe in the spring waters. Through my service, I...