The Charity Night organised by St Bernadette’s Lourdes Fund (Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough) was a great success socially and financially. The amount raised was a wonderful £3,900 which will help to send lots of worthy people to Lourdes.

Thanks to all who helped in any way.

Bernie O'Donnell

Last year the death of Fr Kevin Cronin was announced in the Voice. Kevin’s sisters, Julia and Mary, have generously donated £600 of his estate to the Knights of St Columba Lourdes sick fund. On behalf of the Knights I wish to express our deepest gratitude for this generous gesture. Kevin and I embarked on our first pilgrimage in 1973. It has often been said that this pilgrimage helped to confirm Kevin’s realisation that he was to become a priest.

George Metcalfe

Grand Knight (Council 29)

Lourdes was a very different place on Monday 11th February 2008 to the town it had been on the same day in 1858. On the Prairie opposite the Grotto, where Our Lady appeared for the first time to Bernadette, about 70,000 people descended for Mass. Over 800 priests and 25 bishops attended the Mass with pilgrims from all over the world. The day was cold, as you would expect for February, but the sun shone and people were just happy to be there.