I have just returned from Lourdes where we (representatives of the Brentwood diocese) joined the annual diocesan pilgrimage along with several other English dioceses including Liverpool and Lancaster.
I was very encouraged to see so much vitality from English Catholics on pilgrimage. Lourdes is where the Catholic world comes together and if you are a Catholic you cannot help but feel part of something glorious when you visit. As my eleven-year-old daughter said, "this place is so Catholic I feel as if I am at home!"
