News and Events

Letter for the Friends of Lourdes

Thursday, December 5, 2024

Book a hotel in Lourdes on the Sanctuary of Lourdes website

Plan your pilgrimage with complete peace of mind. The Sanctuary of Lourdes is launching its own hotel booking platform on its official website.

This tool, which was created to provide pilgrims with more affordable rates, enables you find accommodation that meets your requirements and price range while benefiting from support throughout your spiritual journey in Lourdes.

By booking your hotel with the Sanctuary, you are directly supporting its mission and contributing to its projects.

If you can, please spread the word.

You can book your stay in Lourdes, where heaven meets earth, right now on the official website:

Book now

The Jubilee Way: a spiritual path to a plenary indulgence

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

In 2025, the Jubilee Way invites you to embark on a unique journey in order to be granted a Plenary Indulgence. Allow yourself to be led through eight stages in the heart of the Sanctuary, along a path of hope and comfort, ending in the water gesture - a symbol of purification and rebirth. Start your spiritual journey at the Information Centre at 9.30 am and 2 pm on weekends and every day during the season.

Find out more about the different stages.

Join the Lenten season in Lourdes with the “Praying with Lourdes” app.

Thursday, March 13, 2025

During this 40-day period of Lent, you can be united in prayer through the “ Praying with Lourdes ” app. Join the Our Lady of Lourdes prayer community by following live celebrations, meditating on a new prayer each day and lighting a candle for your intentions or those of a loved one, using the community functionality. It's a wonderful tool for journeying together towards Easter in faith and hope.

Download the application.

Journey into Easter with the Sanctuary's pilgrims

Friday, March 14, 2025

Celebrate Holy Week at the Sanctuary of Lourdes and let Mary guide you along the path of hope, the core theme of the 2025 Jubilee and of the Christian faith.

In Lourdes, follow Christ through his Passion and Resurrection, from Palm Sunday and the entry into Jerusalem, and into the light of Easter.

You can find the full programme of celebrations both on-site and live on Lourdes+.

25th March: The Lady reveals her name

Friday, March 14, 2025

On 25th March 1858, during the sixteenth apparition, the Virgin Mary finally revealed her name to Bernadette Soubirous: ‘Que soy era Immaculada Councepciou’ - ‘I am the Immaculate Conception’.

On 25th March the ‘chapelains’ of the Sanctuary will be recounting the story of Bernadette's encounter with Our Lady of Lourdes, as they do on each day that commemorates an apparition.

Schedules for the celebrations can be viewed on Lourdes+, the Sanctuary's multimedia platform, and on the Sanctuary's official app.

Maintaining the sacred

Friday, March 14, 2025

Up until 21st March, work is being carried out in the Crypt to prepare for the pilgrimage season and to ensure a warm welcome for pilgrims from around the globe. During this period of renovation, the relics of Saint Bernadette can be venerated in the Ukrainian chapel located on the left as you enter the Rosary Basilica.

In Lourdes, everyone should be able to hear the word of God.

Friday, March 14, 2025

Be part of a project to improve access to the Sanctuary for hearing-impaired pilgrims.

  • Objective: 12,000 seats equipped with audio induction loops.
  • Become a benefactor by helping to improve the experience of people with hearing impairments.

The most vulnerable people come first in Lourdes. Together, let's make the Sanctuary even more welcoming!

To support us and find out more about the project:

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