Join the Miles Christi priests on a service trip to Lourdes, France, from May 21-28, 2024.
Each pilgrim should arrive at Lourdes on May 21, before 6:00pm

Each day there will be Holy Mass, Holy Rosary before the shrine of our Lady, time to pray, and several hours of volunteer work.

When: May 21-28, 2024

Where: Lourdes, France

Who: College men and women (ages 18-25)

Contact: lourdestrip@mileschristi.org

Here are some details about the trip:

• The price for room and board from May 21-28 will be $350 euro. This will include breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a shared room for seven days.
• Those participating in this trip will be expected to volunteer during the seven days in whatever service is appointed to them.
• Considering that there will be students leaving from different places in the US, and that we are not organizing this trip with a “travel agency”, each person will be responsible for purchasing and organizing their travel arrangements, and for getting to Lourdes and back home safely. The priests leading this trip will be leaving from Detroit, and flying to Toulouse, and then taking a train to Lourdes.
• You will need to have a valid passport (valid for at least 3 months after your departure date from France…more info here), health insurance, and a recommendation letter from a Miles Christi priest.
• There is room for 10 young men and 10 young women on this trip. Once all spots have been filled, there will be a waiting list in the event of cancellations.
• Your place on this service trip will not be confirmed until we have received your recommendation letter and a $140 deposit.

Possible Volunteer Tasks
Here are the different volunteer Teams that operate at the Lourdes Shrine. We will be assigned to one or more of these groups when we get there:

• Service Saint Jean Baptiste (Women’s Baths): Welcoming and assisting all those who wish to make an act of faith by bathing in the Baths.
• Service Notre Dame: Welcoming pilgrims at the train station or airport, assistance in the reception centre for the sick, the sacristies or elsewhere, sewing, helping with meals, washing dishes, housekeeping;  assistance in the First Aid post (for doctors and other medical professionals).
• Service Marie Saint-Frai: Helping with meals, washing dishes, ironing & housekeeping in accommodation centre for the sick, help in sacristies and at reception desks, lending out wheel-chairs.
• Service Saint Joseph: Marshalling of ceremonies, welcoming pilgrims at train station or airport, maintaining a prayerful atmosphere at the Grotto, assisting pilgrims at the Baths.
• Service Saint Michel: Logistics, accommodation & food service for other volunteers, maintenance.

If you are interested in learning more or would like to register, please email lourdestrip@mileschristi.org.