Pilgrimage to France and Lourdes, Paris, & Mont St. Michel
France Pilgrimage – Best Shrines of France Tour explores some of the country’s most significant shrines, churches, basilicas, and religious monuments. Beginning in Lourdes, the renowned shrine famed for physical and spiritual healing, this pilgrimage allows ample time for prayer at the Grotto, where Our Lady appeared to St. Bernadette under the designation of “the Immaculate Conception” in 1858, as well as for bathing in the Miraculous Water if available. We will also visit the Boly Mill and the Cachot, the prison where Bernadette’s family once resided, and we may take part in the nightly Candlelight Processions. In Toulouse, we will tour the Eglise des Jacobins, where St. Thomas Aquinas is buried, before proceeding to the clifftop shrine of Rocamadour, home to an early Christian hermit named Zaccheus, the tax collector of Jericho. He came to the region known as Gaul with St. Veronica and St. Mary Magdalen to spread the good news. Here, we will attend Mass and visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Rocamadour, which houses a miraculous Virgin Mary statue and St. Zaccheus’s tomb. In Paray-le-Monial, we will explore the Chapel of the Visitation, where Jesus revealed His Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. In Nevers, we will visit the convent where St. Bernadette lived until she died in 1879 and see her incorrupt body, which is miraculously preserved.
As you pilgrimage to France, you will visit le Mont St. Michel, built on the site where St. Michael the Archangel appeared three times. Originally founded as a sanctuary and consecrated in 709, it is now classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and it is said to be the most photographed monument in all of France. It is in Lisieux that the Very Best Shrines of France Pilgrimage Tour will visit the Shrine dedicated to St. Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face. Often referred to as “the Little Flower,” St. Therese showed us how to become a saint by “doing small things with great love.” We will visit the Basilica dedicated to the Saint Pope Pius X called “the greatest saint of modern times.” We will visit “the Carmel,” the Convent where she lived, “Les Buissonets,” her family home, and the Ancient Cathedral of St. Peter. In Paris, we will celebrate Mass at the Shrine of the Miraculous Medal, where the incorrupt body of St. Catherine Laboure and the incorrupt heart of St. Vincent de Paul are located. We will also visit the Chapel of St. Vincent de Paul nearby, which houses a magnificent reliquary with his remains. Her guardian angel led her to the chapel where the Blessed Virgin revealed the miraculous medal and the green scapular. The France Pilgrimage Tour would not be complete without a panoramic sightseeing tour of the City of Lights to see the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower, L’Arc de Triomphe, and Champs Elysees. Why don’t you make your Pilgrimage to France by booking a France Pilgrimage – Best Shrines of France for 2025 or 2026 today?