Nevers with St. Bernadette

Welcome Home!

Now that we have been home a few days, I definately wanted to wrap up the tour and say a big thank you to all of the tour members and those who have tuned in on a regular basis.

Sorry that our last few days in Paris were not well documented as time was very short due to the busy schedule and countless of things to see and do while there.

We started the day on Tuesday by taking the Metro to the Miraculous Medal Chapel where we had Mass and visited with St. Catherine. We took a short walk around the corner to then visit with Saint Vincent de Paul.

Even though we all had free time at that point, we all went to Notre Dame, and Sacre Couer together. Afterwards we did seperate as abot 19 of us wanted to go to the Effeil Tower and the others went back to rest.

Dinner was on our own that evening for our farewell to Paris.


Our return trip home went as smoothly as our outbound. Upon getting back on the bus in Boston, our first stop was McDonalds! What better way to celebrate being home!

God Bless to all and please use the blog to communicate frequently. I will add some other pictures shortly.

Chris

From Fr. Bob on May 4th

Greetings and Peace from Paris! We've had a wonderful day with St. Therese in Lisieux. Beautiful day and awesome ride on the Train. God has been so good to us! Been praying for all our intentions we carry in our hearts especially our family and friends! We have just had an excellent dinner and some have come back to the hotel (because I make sure they come back tired) and some are off playing at the Eiffel Tower. As I say, on these pilgrimages, we pray hard and we play hard.I have kept us going all day long, but tomorrow we celebrate Mass at the Miraculous Medal Chapel where the Blessed Mother appeared to St. Catherine Laboure in 1830, then we'll spend a few moments with the body of St. Vincent de Paul, then I give them the rest of the day to visit Paris on their own, even though most want to come with me to Sacre Coeur de Monmartre Shrine, the Notre Dame Basilica and then to the Eifel Tower. Our pilgrims have been so good with no problems at all and all the energy they need, except when they drop dead in their beds for the night. I am so grateful for the many graces that have been poured into these saints-in-the-making and the many graces that have come your way. Please claim the power of our humble prayers for you. Shalom, my dear friends! Rich blessings be yours!Fr. Bob

More Pictures

A Day in Paray-le-Monial

Good Morning everyone
Please keep your comments coming as veryone is happy to hear from you via the blog.
Its hard to believe we are more than half way through! Yesterday we spentmost of the day in Paray-le-Monial. After breakfast we took a tour of the area and had Mass in the Chapel of the Apparitions. It was perfect. Fr. Bob used Barbara as a prop to demonstrate the love God pours out to us from His heart. The locals are probably thinking thsese Americans are crazy!

It was a very relaxing pace as we also went to adoration and enjoyed the quaint little town. At 5 pm we departed for Taize with a stop for dinner in Cluny, the home of one of the worlds largest Abby. We got to Taize early to get good seats and it was good we did as there was thousands of young adults there to join in song and prayer. What an experience. We arrived back at the hotel by 11 pm.

It is another gorgeous day today and we are off to Nevers to have Mass and see Bernadette. Everyone is excited. After that, it is off to Paris! (They are excited about that too!)

sorry to be breif but wanted to get something up and send our love to all back home.

I will try to get a few more pictures up.

Au Revoir!

Some Photos

Fr. Bob saying Mass at tombof St. John Vianey

You have shown me the way to Ars, now I will show you the way to Heaven - Cure D Ars

Candle lightprocession At Lourdes

Group Photo in Lourdes Fr. Bob saying Mass in the Grotto

The Grotto, where the Blessed Mother appeared to Bernadette

Ars to Paray-le-Monial

Bonjour!

It is now 10 pm in France (4 pm US). It was sad to leave the peaceful setting of Ars. Many of us did not know what to expect of Ars, but after two days there, we are understanding the reason why Fr. Bob loves it so much. To here him talk about it all week, it was like a parent taking his kids to Disneyworld. It was a perfect spot to reflect, visit with St. John Vianey and pray for our priests. Fr Bob had another wonderful Mass in the Basilica and gave each of us an amazing gift...a second class relec of St.John Vianey...WOW!

After Mass we left Ars and made a brief stop at the home where St Vianey was raised. Our next stop was in Taize where we were able to purchase our gifts and see where Bro.Roger is buried. Then off to Paray-le-Monial where we arrived and visited the Chapel of the aparitions of St. Margaret Mary Alaqouqe. We had a wonderful dinner (first night of not having chicken-yeah!) at the hotel and a few went for an evening stroll while others went to bed early as tomorrow will be a late one.