LAKE CHARLES – Bishop Glen John Provost will lead a 10-day diocesan pilgrimage to the “Shrines of France” next year. Scheduled for Monday, Oct. 29 through Wednesday, Nov. 7, pilgrims will visit religious sites of great importance to the Faith, including Lyon, Ars, Paray-le-Monial, Chartres, Mont-St. Michel, Normandy, Lisieux, Paris, and Lourdes.

The full package price is $3,195 plus $600 in departure taxes and fuel surcharge.
  
Bishop Provost noted that this journey is not simply a pilgrimage or trip, which happens to led by a priest. It is a diocesan pilgrimage led by the Bishop. The celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be held daily.
  
“I see this diocesan pilgrimage as an act of thanksgiving, particularly to Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette, for the many graces received in the Diocese of Lake Charles through their intercession,” Bishop Provost said “ It offers the pilgrims a tour of the holiest and most beautiful sites in Catholic France.”
  
Father Ruben Buller and Father Scott Conner will serve as chaplains on the pilgrimage. For more information call Father Buller at 337-439-7400 or click on the following and print out a full itenerary :

  Shrines of France Pilgrimage Information.pdf (843.67 KB, 2011-12-21 10:42)