Blessed Sacrament Procession
 This takes place every afternoon during the main pilgrimage season (which lasts from Easter to the Feast of All Saints on 1st November). The Procession fulfils Our Lady’s request that people should ‘come in procession’ to Lourdes. During the Procession, sick pilgrims process (by foot, in wheelchairs, ‘voiture’ chariots, or on stretchers) from the Adoration Tent on the Domain Prairie to the Underground Basilica of Saint Pius X. They go in front and behind the Blessed Sacrament (the Eucharistic bread which Catholics believe becomes the actual body and blood of Jesus during the Mass). The Procession is a pilgrimage of faith in which we walk alongside Jesus, and ask for his healing and blessing. During the Procession passages are read from the Bible, hymns are sung, and at the end a Benediction (blessing) is given to all present, especially the sick. The Catholic Association will take part in this procession as a large group at least once during the Pilgrimage week, and on occasions our members may be invited to carry some of the liturgical symbols.
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