{"id":665286,"date":"2021-06-07T16:02:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T14:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/les-chapelains-de-lourdes\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:07:34","slug":"les-chapelains-de-lourdes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/en\/les-chapelains-de-lourdes\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cchapelains\u201d of Lourdes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"665286\" class=\"elementor elementor-665286 elementor-655231\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59a4914 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59a4914\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9cd1d83\" data-id=\"9cd1d83\" 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-e031d31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e031d31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the service of Our Lady of Lourdes<\/h2>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98940d3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98940d3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-246210b\" data-id=\"246210b\" 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-288c81a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"288c81a\" 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 class=\"western\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">When he arrives in Lourdes, a priest puts himself at the service of Mary, by listening to the pilgrims. <br \/><br \/><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">He needs to be both a historian; able to answer questions about the apparitions of the Virgin to Bernadette Soubirous, and sometimes also a confidant; giving the sacrament of reconciliation.<br \/><\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"><br \/>He is also ready 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Heaven.<\/span><\/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-16db97d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"16db97d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Chapellesdelumiere1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-663947\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Chapellesdelumiere1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Chapellesdelumiere1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lourdes-france.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Chapellesdelumiere1-768x512.jpg 768w, 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