The Archdiocese has been leading a pilgrimage to Lourdes for over 100 years. Each year over 1,000 pilgrims travel to the shrine of the Blessed Virgin from our Archdiocese.

In 1923 the first official Diocesan pilgrimage set off from Liverpool for Lourdes, making it the earliest and most continual pilgrimage from England, interrupted only by the period of the Second World War and Covid-19 restrictions. Since then, many thousands of pilgrims have faithfully made their way to the small town of Lourdes in the foothills of the Pyrenees, following the request of Our Lady to St. Bernadette in 1858 to ‘come here in procession’.

In 2002, the Liverpool Archdiocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage Association was established as an independent charity, and registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales (Registered Charity 1091132).

We rely heavily on the generosity of donors in order to carry out our work of organising the annual Liverpool-Lourdes pilgrimage, and supporting as many assisted pilgrims and volunteers as possible.