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| Ormskirk Youths Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2012 |
The text of a recent talk given to parishioners at St. Anne's Church
“My name
is Eleanor and I’m one of over 450 young people from the Liverpool Diocese who will be travelling to Lourdes this summer.
Just to
tell you a little bit about the (voluntary) work we do when we’re in Lourdes,
it involves lots of late nights, early mornings and hard work, which
is all made worthwhile by the people you meet there and the
atmosphere that constantly surrounds you.
A typical
day will involve meeting the pilgrims at St. Frai hospital and
pushing them in their wheelchairs to a mass in the domain, or to the
baths or maybe even take them shopping or to a café in their free
time. The "Accueil Marie Saint-Frai" was the first hospital founded in Lourdes in 1874 and can receive up to 400 sick pilgrims.
As well as
this we have a coach Mass and lots of other opportunities to reflect
upon our journey to Lourdes and why we go there.
My
favourite part of Lourdes has to be the torchlight precession. I
really can’t do any justice trying to describe it, but seeing the
entire domain scattered with candles with the night sky out is such a
breathtaking sight.
After
recent Masses at S Anne's Church, we have been holding a collection
at the back of church as well as a cake sale in the parish centre.
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| Ormskirk Youths Pilgrimage to Lourdes Fundraising 2012 |
Each year
we do lots of fundraising which makes our journey possible. We truly
appreciate your continued support,
Over in
the parish centre we displayed some pictures to show the work we do
in Lourdes. If anyone has any petitions they would like us to take
with us to the grotto at Lourdes, then we are more than happy to do
so.
We will be
leaving a basket at the back of church for a couple of weeks for
anyone who would like to put one in. “
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Editorial Comment
We
should be proud that we have young citizens in our community who are
such an exemplary model of how to lead a Christian life.
These
young Christians have been fundraising by selling cakes. It's a long
way to go on pilgrimage to Lourdes, so they'll need to sell a lot
of cakes!
If you can
help them in their fundraising, any contributions would be very
welcome. Your contribution can be given in a marked envelope “Youth
Lourdes Trip 2012” to the St. Anne's Parish Office at the Priory on
Prescot Road in Ormskirk.
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