e-lourdes-letters

Celebrating Twenty Years of Everyday Miracles of Lourdes!
July 16th, 2022 marked the 20th anniversary of the founding meeting of our first board of directors. The minutes from that 2002 meeting were revisited this year showing the first order of business was to pray the Rosary together. This was also the first “order of...

Return to Lourdes with Full Special Needs Pilgrimage
In October 2022, we were privileged to return to the Sanctuary of Lourdes accompanying 112 pilgrims on their faith journey to the Grotto. Only our second pilgrimage since 2019, we once again escorted the sick and disabled with the support of experienced medical and...

Special Indulgence for Members
By Apostolic Papal Decree, from June 01, 2022 through May 31, 2029, indulgences are granted to inscribed faithful members for personal witness of faith, participation in pious practices and acts of evangelization, charity, mercy and penance. At death or funeral rite,...

Our Home in Lourdes Resumes Its Renovation
Guadalupe House, our historic home in Lourdes, resumed its renovation permit this year! Work was paused due to the pandemic, but we are now targeting completion for late 2023 or early 2024. When completed, this beautiful home will be an oasis of American hospitality...

A Holy Desire, A Holy Saint, A Holy Relic Pilgrimage of Grace!
St. Bernadette’s spirituality is characterized by her holy desire. She desired to make her First Holy Communion, which brought her back to Lourdes from Bartrès just prior to the apparitions in 1858. Later, it was her desire to see the Lady, as she promised, that...

Everyday Miracles of Lourdes Book Launch February 11, 2023
We are blessed to announce the publishing of our first book, Everyday Miracles of Lourdes, written by Marlene Watkins. Containing twenty personal stories, this book speaks to the extraordinary encounters with Our Lady of Lourdes experienced by “pilgrims” and the...