Pilgrims return to Bridgnorth after Lourdes trip
Published 8th Sep 2023, 06:00 GMT
A group of 20 parishioners have returned to Bridgnorth after they joined the Shrewsbury Diocesan annual pilgrimage to Lourdes in France last month.
The pilgrimage to the French town takes place each year, where more than 1,000 pilgrims from across the diocese travel to Lourdes.
The shrine town has become a popular pilgrimage site for Catholic worshippers since 1858, when a 14-year-old peasant named Bernadette Soubirous proclaimed she had had 18 encounters with the Virgin Mary.
The Bridgnorth party were parishioners from St John's Roman Catholic Church, who travelled to the religious site with the parish candle.