Lourdes Novena

Sat Feb 8th – Sun Feb 16th 2020

Preacher Fr Philip Mulryne OP

In 1858, Bernadette Soubirous reported a vision of Our Lady at Lourdes. A simple 14-year-old peasant girl of no significant educational experience, Soubirous claimed she saw “uo petito damizelo”, “a petite damsel,” in white, with a golden rosary and blue belt fastened around her waist, and two golden roses at her feet. In subsequent visitations she heard the lady speak to her, saying Que soy Immaculada Concepcion (I am the Immaculate Conception), and asking that a chapel be built there. At first ridiculed, questioned, and belittled by Church officials and other contemporaries, Soubirous insisted on her vision. Eventually the Church believed her and she was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1933.

After church investigations confirmed her visions, a large church was built at the site. Lourdes is now a major Marian pilgrimage site.

Sessions:

Saturday 8th 11am Opening Mass

Sunday 9th 4pm Mass 

Monday 10th Mass 11am and 7:30pm

Tuesday 11th Mass 11am and 7:30pm, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

Wednesday 12th Mass 11am and 7:30pm

Thursday 13th Mass 11am and 7:30pm (with anointing of the Sick)

Friday 14th Mass 11am and 7:30pm

Saturday 15th Mass 11am

Sunday 16th 4pm Closing Mass