Fortunately we have managed to get the same hotel as before - it's a wonderful place, with a real family atmosphere... and it's less than five minutes' walk from the Domaine. I'm still waiting to hear from the Parish Priest of Lourdes, to find out if we can use the church Crypt for Mass on two of the days. We are having Mass in the church at Bartrès - the only church that St. Bernadette actually attended regularly (the church in Lourdes burnt down, and only the Baptismal font is original, while the Basilica itself wasn't finished until she had gone to Nevers. She did visit the Crypt of the Immaculate Conception Basilica, but only a few times.)
Richard wondered why there were always so many women in the queue for the baths compared to the number of men. I think the women's queue just appears to be longer - we take much more time to get undressed, wrapped, dunked and dressed again... there are more bits of apparel, and they do rather need to be adjusted "just so" for the sake of modesty!
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When is the pilgrimage? I couldn't find a notice on your parish's web page.
I wish we could go as Lord Catcliffe has had stage IV lung cancer for two years. And the Squire is a server! Please pray for us when you are there.
PS I have happy memories and photos of the cats of Lourdes when Lord Catcliffe and I visited on our honeymoon. The family who ran the diorama of Lourdes as it appeared at the time of the apparitions kept two. It was along the river upstream from the Shrine.
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