Twenty-one pupils from St Wilfrid’s joined nearly 400 other year 10 and 12 students, from across the Diocese of Leeds, for this year’s Lourdes Pilgrimage. The shrine at Lourdes was celebrating 150 years since the Our Blessed Mother first appeared to St Bernadette. Lourdes was bursting with pilgrims from across the world. In amongst the crowd the youth section stood out as a vision in yellow!
Students were responsible for the care of sick and elderly pilgrims. They put aside their own concerns to serve the needs of others, pushing them from place to place in order that they may fully engage with all Lourdes has to offer. All pilgrims, young and old participated in the Torchlight and Blessed Sacrament processions, visited the baths and got involved with numerous Masses and liturgies.
A highlight of the pilgrimage was the Stations of the Cross. Students from St Wilfrid’s made up part of a choir who lead the pilgrimage through a musical adaptation of the last moments of Jesus’ life. The powerful witness of the young people left many of the congregation moved to
tears.
The pilgrims, looked after by our students, found the help of our students invaluable, praising the care and friendship they received.
Students were responsible for the care of sick and elderly pilgrims. They put aside their own concerns to serve the needs of others, pushing them from place to place in order that they may fully engage with all Lourdes has to offer. All pilgrims, young and old participated in the Torchlight and Blessed Sacrament processions, visited the baths and got involved with numerous Masses and liturgies.
A highlight of the pilgrimage was the Stations of the Cross. Students from St Wilfrid’s made up part of a choir who lead the pilgrimage through a musical adaptation of the last moments of Jesus’ life. The powerful witness of the young people left many of the congregation moved to
tears.The pilgrims, looked after by our students, found the help of our students invaluable, praising the care and friendship they received.
