Come celebrate the Lourdes experience at the Basilica. This is the first stop on the 2026-2027 tour!
This 2.5-day experience offers the chance to venerate the relics of St. Bernadette in the Great Upper Church.
At the same time, the Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes on the lower level will offer a chance to engage with physical aspects of the Grotto in France. Attendees may touch part of the rock and experience water from the spring.
On Friday and Saturday, events include masses, rosaries, and confessions. On Friday, Cardinal McElroy with celebrate the 12:10 mass. On Saturday, the 4:30 pm vigil mass will be followed by a 6:00 pm candlelight procession.
On Sunday, the Lourdes experience concludes with the 12 noon mass. Most Reverend Gabriele G. Caccia, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, will be the principal celebrant and homilist. After mass, the reliquary will be processed out.
Relics of St. Bernadette Soubirous (of Lourdes)
Visit the Great Upper Church of the Basilica to venerate the relics of this great saint. In 1858, when St. Bernadette was a young girl in France, the Blessed Mother appeared to her and declared “I am the Immaculate Conception.”
Lourdes Immersive Experience
Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes on the lower level of the Basilica for an immersive experience similar to the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. Pilgrims can touch part of the rock that makes up the grotto and cleanse themselves with water from the spring where Our Lady told us to go. “Go to the spring, drink of it and wash yourself there.” Lastly, light a candle and entrust your petitions to Our Blessed Mother.
