Salford Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage
Welcome!
Welcome to the website for the Salford Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes. I hope that it will be a valuable resource in finding out more about our Pilgrimage community, the Sanctuary of Lourdes and the Apparitions of Our Lady to Bernadette that took place there in 1858. I invite you to consider whether you might like to take part in our next pilgrimage to Lourdes, either as a pilgrim or as one of our volunteer team. Everyone is welcome to join us.
With my prayers and best wishes
+John
Right Reverend John Arnold, Bishop of Salford
'This was one of the most spiritual Masses that I have seen celebrated at the Grotto.'
- staff member from the Sanctuary of Lourdes, following our pilgrimage Mass at the Grotto, August 2025.
PILGRIMAGE INFORMATION
TRAVEL FOR 2026
All our travel & accommodation pricing is now available. Please click here to see more information.
PILGRIMAGE THEME
The pastoral theme for all pilgrimages to Lourdes for 2026 is 'Hail, full of grace.' Click below for more information.
DONATE TO THE PILGRIMAGE
Any amount that you can give will help towards the operational costs of running the pilgrimage. Thank you.
TRAVEL & VOLUNTEERING WITH US
TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATION
VOLUNTEER
TEAM
MEDICAL &
NURSING TEAM
MUSIC
MINISTRY
For information on our travel and hotel options for 2026 please click the image above.
For information about joining us as a volunteer in Lourdes this Summer please click the image above.
For information about joining our Nursing & Medical team, as a doctor, nurse or HCA, please click the image above.
For information about joining us as a volunteer in our wonderful Music Ministry, please click the image above.
TALK ON JACK TRAYNOR BY DR KIERAN MORIARTY
A talk filmed in Lourdes in August 2025 about the miraculous cure of John (Jack) Traynor by Dr Kieran Moriarty, who led the medical research into the case of Jack Traynor which led Archbishop McMahon of Liverpool declaring the cure of Jack Traynor as the 71st Lourdes miraculous cure in 2024. To watch the video of the talk please click on the red box in the small screen above.
We are delighted to share with you the news that in January of this year Pope Leo XIV bestowed upon Kieran the honour of Knight of the Pontifical Order of Saint Gregory the Great (KSG). Cardinal Arthur Roche, who Kieran has known since the 1990s and is now in the Vatican, sent this personal message:
“I rejoice with you upon hearing the honour Pope Leo XIV has bestowed upon you for your works of charity to the Church at her local, national and international levels. It is a sign of the Church’s gratitude and admiration but, through Peter, also a sign of God’s own will and delight in you. This news will bring joy to very many”.
Our whole pilgrimage family sends their congratulations and thanks to Dr Kieran for his dedicated service to the pilgrims of Lourdes for several decades.