Objects and Obligations of the Catholic Association Hospitalité

OBJECTS

The principal objects of the Hospitalité are:

1. To serve sick pilgrims going to Lourdes on the CAPT pilgrimage and to help in the smooth running of religious and other activities involving sick pilgrims on that pilgrimage under the direction of and in collaboration with the pilgrimage directors and heads of service.

This service consists especially of looking after the material needs of the sick pilgrims although the obligation of a member of the Hospitalité is not limited to material work. Members will be expected to help all pilgrims to benefit fully from the religious and social benefits of a pilgrimage to Lourdes.

All this to be undertaken in a spirit of friendship, charity and solidarity which are parts of the ministry of the Church and which must compliment the work done while away from Lourdes, especially in their own Diocese and Parishes in co-ordination with other members of the Hospitalité.

2. To strengthen the bonds of fraternal life between its members and to help them maintain their obligations as Christians, their responsibilities in the Church and their devotion to Our Lady.

OBLIGATIONS

1. Members will be expected to help all pilgrims to Lourdes especially the sick and handicapped.

2. They are encouraged to assist at Mass (especially on the Feasts of Our Lady), to receive Holy Communion and to recite the Rosary, as often as possible.

3. Members will be expected to uphold in their lives, and to encourage in the lives of others, the objects of the Hospitalité.

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