{"id":19077,"date":"2018-10-26T09:15:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T07:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/les-congres-de-pelerinages-cet-hiver\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T13:48:49","slug":"pilgrimage-conventions-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/pilgrimage-conventions-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilgrimage conventions this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19077\" class=\"elementor elementor-19077 elementor-19007 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50247efc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50247efc\" 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-7a734097\" data-id=\"7a734097\" 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-5e428dd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e428dd2\" 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>A pilgrimage to Lourdes means months of preparation before the 4 or 5 days that the pilgrimage is actually here. Logistics are important: registration, travel by coach or train, accommodation in the Accueils and hotels, creating teams and groups &#8230; The Pilgrimage Directors and the Presidents of the Diocesan Hospitalities have a lot to organise with their respective teams. Each year, the winter conventions allow them to meet the Sanctuary representatives and, together, to plan ahead the times of all the liturgies and the programme of activities for the days they are in Lourdes. Then, everything is set for people to be able to reap the wonders of Lourdes: the wonder of living and receiving graces.<\/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-468a7bf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"468a7bf0\" 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>Some convention dates this winter:<br \/>Conventions continue until March 2019, from Paray-le-Monial, France, (26-28th October), to the Benelux countries (13th March 2019), via Nottingham (Great Britain) on 3rd November; Dublin, (Ireland) on 4th November; Frankfurt (Germany) on 5th November; Athlone (Ireland) on 5 -6th November; Manchester (Great Britain) from 6-8th November; Benelux on 7th November; Zaragoza (Spain) from 9-11th November; Rome (Vatican City) from 25-27th November and Italy again on 27th November, 22-23rd January and in March 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