Lourdes Pilgrimage 2026

Monday 25 to Saturday 30 May 2026

The annual Diocesan pilgrimage returns to Lourdes under the leadership of His Grace, Archbishop Bernard Longley and Bishop David Evans.

The theme for 2026 is "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee."

Please pray for all those considering joining this year’s pilgrimage to Lourdes, as they will be praying for you.

For emails with news and updates on this pilgrimage as well as future pilgrimages, please sign up to our Lourdes mailing list:

Lourdes Pilgrimage Mailing List

Please contact with any queries: Kath White, Pilgrimage Organising Secretary: 0121 230 6288 (office hours 9am – 5pm Monday – Friday) or via email [email protected] 



Photography in Lourdes

The Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage is a very public event attended by hundreds of people. It is likely you will appear in some photographs.

We ask all pilgrims and volunteers to familiarise themselves with our Photography Guidance documents:

Lourdes 2026 - Photography Guidance

Lourdes 2026 - Photography Notice



Lourdes App

Pilgrims are invited to make use of the Lourdes App (pictured right) on their mobile phones during this year's diocesan pilgrimage.

The daily programme will be available from the first day of the pilgrimage, Monday 25 May.

Instructions on how to access the Lourdes App

Our pilgrimage code is BIRMINGHAM-26


Welcome to Lourdes 2026!

His Grace, Archbishop Bernard Longley, shares a welcome message to pilgrims and those following back home.



Schedule 2026

Pilgrimage Timetable

Monday 25 May Mary, Mother of the Church
Holy Mass (for First Flight) 4.30pm Rosary Basilica
Tuesday 26 May Our Lady of Lourdes
Holy Mass at the Grotto 10am Grotto
Accueil Passage through the Grotto 11am Grotto
Reconciliation Service 2pm Basilica of St Pius X
Anglican Eucharist 4pm St Gabriel Chapel
Torchlight Procession 9pm Esplanade
Wednesday 27 May
Holy Mass (International Mass) 9.30am Basilica of St Pius X
Diocesan Photograph 11.30am Esplanade
Youth Vigil and Open Mic 8pm St Bernadette (Carmel)
Thursday 28 May Our Lord Jesus Christ the Eternal High Priest
Holy Mass - Hospitalite 10.30am St Bernadette (Grotto)
Holy Hour and Anointing 4.30pm St Bernadette (Carmel)
Friday 29 May The Annunciation
Holy Mass - Close of the Pilgrimage 10.30am St Bernadette (Grotto)
Blessed Sacrament Procession 5pm
Saturday 30 May
Holy Mass (for Second Flight) 10am Basilica of St Pius X

Every day in Lourdes, you are able to join in the following, regardless of whether we are leading:

Blessed Sacrament Procession - 5pm
Torchlight Procession - 9pm



Lourdes TV

You can always join Masses and watch the processions on Lourdes TV:

Watch Lourdes TV

Prayer of consecration to Mary 

I Choose You Today, Mary, in the presence of the angels and saints of heaven, for my Mother and Queen.

I consecrate to you, in obedience and love, all that I am, all that I have, and all the good that I may do, putting myself and all that belongs to me entirely at your service, for the greater glory of God and the salvation of souls

Act of Trust in Mary (Family of Our Lady of Lourdes)

Blessed be God, our Father
for having created Mary so beautiful
and for having given her to us as Mother
at the foot of the Cross of Jesus.
Blessed are You for having called us,
like Bernadette,
to see Mary in Your light
and to drink from the wellspring of Your Heart.
Mary, you know the misery and the sin of our lives and the life of the world.
We want to trust ourselves to You today,
totally and without reserve.
From you we will be reborn each day
by the power of the Spirit.
We will live the life of Jesus as little servants of our brothers.
Teach us, Mary,
to bear the life of the Lord.
Teach us the “yes” of your heart.

Hail Mary (Ave Maria) 

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,
now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Salve Regina

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, Hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: To thee do we send up our sighs, Mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus,
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Amen.