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Lourdes is known throughout the world as a place that offers hope and consolation to all who are in need of healing and peace. It is a place of prayer and celebration of life and is the most visited pilgrimage destination in Europe. The small town at the foot of the Pyrenees receives more than 6 million pilgrims and tourists each year, and many Irish pilgrims make the journey annually.The origins of the pilgrimages to Lourdes began when Bernadette Soubirous reported the first of 18 visions of Our Lady on 11 February 1858. On the 13th apparition on 28 February 1858, Our Lady instructed Bernadette “Go tell the priests to build a chapel here and come in processions”. |
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