Young helpers assisting pilgrims in Lourdes during the pilgrimage Over a thousand pilgrims went to Lourdes for Dublin Diocese’s annual pilgrimage. It takes three full charter planes to bring a total of 1,300 people to the Shrine. More than 100 assisted pilgrims, about 200 school and college students, a team of doctors, nurses, chaplains, male and female helpers traditionally called ‘brancardiers’ and handmaids, teachers,…
