{"id":187581,"date":"2019-11-14T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/tous-les-week-ends-a-la-grotte-un-chapelet-aux-flambeaux-international\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:59:59","slug":"every-weekend-at-the-grotto-an-international-rosary-by-torchlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/every-weekend-at-the-grotto-an-international-rosary-by-torchlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Every weekend, at the Grotto, an international rosary by torchlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"187581\" class=\"elementor elementor-187581 elementor-185873\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-297ce8ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"297ce8ef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17fbf079\" data-id=\"17fbf079\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6663ce4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6663ce4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The torchlight procession is the most popular image of Lourdes. This winter, there will be an international rosary by torchlight at the Grotto on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, starting at 8:30 pm. This will allow pilgrims or visitors to feel more welcomed with a specific occasion of prayer.<br \/><br \/>The Capuchin community, the St. Martin community and the community of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate will be in charge of leading this event, as well as any of the other chaplains who would like to be present.<br \/><br \/>Thank you to all those whose support means that, during the winter, our Sanctuary is truly a place of life and healing.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Most Rev. Olivier RIBADEAU DUMAS<br \/>Rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e892682 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e892682\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>\u00a0Even in winter, <span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">you can experience a pilgrimage in Lourdes<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c3bd20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8c3bd20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/N39_Octobre_2019_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-file-pdf\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read the PDF<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94c4250 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94c4250\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">A crib trail<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec0a374 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec0a374\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>From 8th December, it will be possible to follow a trail of cribs, every day at 2:30 pm.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-177f896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"177f896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">Pilgrimage to the Grotto<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdb6f22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdb6f22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Every Saturday and Sunday, meet at the Information Centre at 2 pm to take part in this guided tour.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83daa47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83daa47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you would like to take part in one or the other of these events, please go to the Information Centre: <a href=\"mailto:saccueil@lourdes-france.com\">saccueil@lourdes-france.com<\/a> +33 (0) 5 62 42 20 08<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2d02ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2d02ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #e8a700;\">All schedules<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1f83ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f1f83ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/schedule\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Schedules<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The torchlight procession is the most popular image of Lourdes. This winter, there will be an international rosary by torchlight at the Grotto on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, starting at 8:30 pm. This will allow pilgrims or visitors to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/every-weekend-at-the-grotto-an-international-rosary-by-torchlight\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":185895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-ce-moment-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Every weekend, at the Grotto, an international rosary by torchlight<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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