28 Nov 2024
“The invitation is open to all, so what’s keeping you?”
As we come towards the end of 2024, we look ahead to a new year full of potential, with new opportunities just waiting to be discovered. Many of us will decide that this will be the year to do something different – and what better way to embrace the spirit of faith, hope, and love than by joining us on our 2025 MSC pilgrimage to Lourdes in May?
A Jubilee Year of Hope: MSC Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2025
2025 marks the Jubilee Year of Hope, and the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart invite you to celebrate this special year with us on our annual MSC pilgrimage to Lourdes. From May 25th to 30th, Provincial Leader and Spiritual Director Fr Joe McGee MSC will lead our pilgrims on a five-day journey of reflection, prayer, and thanksgiving, with accommodation and daily meals included (ex. Cork). To find out more about how you can take part, please contact mary.morrish@mscmissions.ie or call 021 4546691.
Please click here for full details of our 2025 pilgrimage to Lourdes
Every year, people travel with us on pilgrimage for different reasons. Some may be struggling with illness, grief, stress, or other personal challenges. Other wish to take part in a traditional pilgrimage journey with like-minded travellers, sharing stories, experiences, and reflections on life. Many wish to simply pray, reflect, and offer thanksgiving for their blessings.
The experience of pilgrimage is different for every individual; the major common denominator, however, is joy, and an awareness of something bigger, of something more. A sense of something special comes into being on a pilgrimage; the Holy Spirit moves amongst those making the journey, while strangers become friends and unite in the solidarity of faith. Community spirit comes out in force – no matter where you may find yourself in the world, the message of God’s love overcomes all cultural barriers in a true celebration of faith, togetherness, and intimacy with God.
Please click here for full details of our 2025 pilgrimage to Lourdes
“A powerful, life-changing experience.”
Historically, pilgrims would leave their homes, their families, and all of their creature comforts, embarking on journeys that could stretch to hundreds of miles with nothing but what they could carry on their backs. Today, the circumstances of pilgrimage may be less extreme, but they are nonetheless powerful for it, and modern-day pilgrims continue to leave their homes and their daily comforts behind in the quest for spiritual fulfillment.
“Pilgrimage is about freedom,” says Fr Alan Neville MSC. “It’s about walking to the horizon – and when you get there, you keep on going. It’s about taking part in something that is at the same time enjoyable and profound. I’ve yet to meet one person who regretted making the trip. For every one of them it has been a powerful, even life-changing experience. The invitation is open to all, so what’s keeping you?”
If you’d like to find out more about the pilgrimage experience, you are welcome to read all about some of our previous pilgrimages to Lourdes. All are welcome to take the first steps towards another wonderful pilgrimage journey with us over the coming months, and make 2025 a year to remember for all the best reasons.
Journey to Lourdes with the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
Visit Lourdes with the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
MSC Pilgrimages: Lourdes 2025
Read more about our MSC Pilgrimages
A Jubilee Year of Hope: MSC Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2025
2025 marks the Jubilee Year of Hope, and the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart invite you to celebrate this special year with us on our annual MSC pilgrimage to Lourdes. From May 25th to 30th, Provincial Leader and Spiritual Director Fr Joe McGee MSC will lead our pilgrims on a five-day journey of reflection, prayer, and thanksgiving, with accommodation and daily meals included (ex. Cork). To find out more about how you can take part, please contact mary.morrish@mscmissions.ie or call 021 4546691.
Please click here for full details of our 2025 pilgrimage to Lourdes
Please click here for full details of our 2025 pilgrimage to Lourdes
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