Mater Dei Radio partnered with our former intern Bernadette Curl as she made her pilgrimage journey to Lisbon for World Youth Day. Check out these amazing updates that Bernadette shared with us as she traveled.
August 7, 2023: World Youth Day
See these final photos from Bernadette recapping the rest of World Youth Day!
- Preparing for the World Youth Day opening ceremony
- Sunset on the beach near where they stayed in Portugal
- Pilgrim Mass in 0the Church of Our Lady of the Incarnation in Lisbon
- Opportunity to venerate relics of St. Therese of Lisieux
- Camping out before Mass with Pope Francis the next day
- Adoration during the campout vigil
- Pope Francis driving through crowd before Mass
- Saying goodbye to Fr. Peter Arteaga
Here’s a description of the photos from Bernadette:
Photo 8 – Saying goodbye to Fr. Peter Arteaga from the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit after returning to Paris on Tuesday for their flight home. It was thanks to Fr. Peter that the group was able to go on this trip!
August 3, 2023: Fatima & the Start of World Youth Day
Bernadette sent us some photos of when her group got to see Pope Francis driving by at the start of World Youth Day! The pilgrims in her group from Oregon were also excited to run into Archbishop Sample!
On her way to Lisbon for World Youth Day, Bernadette Curl stopped in Fatima!
- Bernadette and her siblings in the main plaza of Fatima
- inside the Basilica where the three shepherd children who saw Our Lady are buried (Saint Jacinta, Saint Francisco, and Venerable Lucia)
- Site of the 4th apparition of Mary in Fatima
August 1, 2023: Madrid
- Line where St. Bernadette walked to the Grotto
- Staying in a gym in Madrid
- Outside the Cathedral of St. Mary of Burgos
- Inside the Cathedral of St. Mary of Burgos
- Trying paella in Madrid!
- Touring Madrid
- Missionaries of the Holy Spirit Parish in Madrid
- Mass in the crypt of the same church
- Cross given to each pilgrim
July 26, 2023: Chartres and Lourdes
- Mass Underneath Notre-Dame de Chartres Cathedral
- Outside Basilica of Notre Dame de Chartres
- The River in Lourdes, France
- Bernadette at the Grotto Apparition Site at Lourdes
- Rosary Procession at Lourdes
July 23, 2023: 1st Day in Paris
- Inside the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
- Inside the Chapel of Sainte-Chapelle
- Visiting the Eiffel Tower
- Paris Street
July 13, 2023: Introduction & Trip Overview
In this interview, Bernadette talks with Brenda as she prepares for the trip!