Franciscan University

Thank you to all of the students in Gaming this semester for joining us to learn more about who we are and how to serve in Lourdes, France.

Applications are no longer available for the Lourdes Ten Day-April 2025 Mission.

Your interest and generous response has been a beautiful grace and we are pleased to accept twice as many students as we hoped to join in service.

Applications were accepted and approved in the order they were received. We are grateful that our service and accommodations capacity is full.

If you submitted your application and were confirmed, please make your deposit by March 7 and your final payment March 14.

Please email Courtney@LourdesVolunteers.org if you have any questions.

We will contact you by email in the coming weeks to continue and finalize plans.

Franciscan University Lourdes Mission Trips:

Serve Our Lady’s pilgrims in Lourdes this year!

April 5-April 12, 2025

$299

Volunteers serve on the “frontlines” in welcoming pilgrims from around the world with the Hospitalé Notre Dame de Lourdes (HNDL)

The purpose of the HNDL association is:

To welcome pilgrims to Lourdes and especially those who are sick, disabled or alone and in need, from all countries, and to facilitate their pilgrimage.
To make possible, through its service, the major celebrations in the Sanctuary.
To teach and share the message of Lourdes.

Payments, Cancellations and Terms

Application and non-refundable $100 deposit due March 7, 2025.

Final payment due March 14, 2025.

All payments are non-refundable after March 14, 2025.

October 11-19, 2025

$299

Volunteers provide necessary support for the pilgrimage group including:

Transportation Services: wheelchair, voiture and luggage assistance.
Dining Room Service: set up, serve, clean up.
Housekeeping: clean rooms, make beds, clean floors, take out trash and clean bathrooms.
Hospitality Service: provide coffee, tea, Lourdes water and assistance to pilgrims.
Nursing and Pre-Med students: serve with the Medical Team providing assistance with Activities of Daily Living, attending medical meetings and gaining experience with Catholic medical professionals.

Payments, Cancellations and Terms

Application and non-refundable $100 deposit due September 12, 2025.

Final payment due September 19, 2025.

All payments are non-refundable after September 19, 2025.

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Need financial assistance? Click here for sponsorship guide!

Contact courtney@lourdesvolunteers.org with any questions!

Read full 2025 Terms and Conditions.

Why come with us?

It is our blessing to join pilgrims on their journey to Lourdes and to pray with them in the Grotto. Celebrating 23 years in service to the sick, we continue to accompany volunteer service pilgrimages to support Our Lady’s pilgrims when journeying to the Grotto. Our pilgrimages are accompanied by Catholic priests and leaders faithful to the Church. It is our privilege to assist volunteers in preparation, in travel and on a transformative life-changing journey to the Grotto bringing healing not only to those they serve but for themselves for many years to come.

Pilgrimage Highlights

Daily Mass, Grotto Mass and International Mass
Candlelight Rosary and Eucharistic Processions
Opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation
Visit to the Piscines (Baths) – the Baths are open limited hours, but immersion into the tub is not available at this time. Families can enter together, remain clothed, and experience the “Gesture of Water” in guided prayer, similar to Bernadette during the 9th apparition with Lourdes Water poured over the hands for personal use.
Tours of the Sanctuary and town of Lourdes
Form life-long friendships as you grow in faith in service to Our Lady and her pilgrims

What’s Included

Six nights shared accommodations
Three self-service meals daily
Pilgrimage Leader and Chaplain
Guided visits and tours

*Travel from Gaming to Lourdes is not included

Daily Itinerary: Holy Week Pilgrimage

Day 1

Plan to arrive Saturday, April 5th, 2025
anytime between 2:00pm to 9:00pm.

Arrivals and check in; Mass, Grotto visit, and dinner.

Day 2

French Breakfast and Mass is followed by registration with Hospitalé.

Days 3-7

All first year volunteers will serve in a team within St. Joseph Service assisting in the Grotto, Piscines, ceremonies, train stations, airport and the Accueils (hospital-like facilities) in Lourdes. Includes site visits, tours and overviews of services within the HNDL.

Day 8

Plan to depart between Friday, April 11th after 6:00pm and before 10:00 am on Saturday, April 12th, 2025.

Early breakfast and check-out.