Pope, Martyr (III Class)
The successor of St. Peter in the Apostolic See ruled the Church for about nine years. He was martyred, and was buried next to the Prince of the Apostles in 78.
Well, our plans to visit Liechtenstein and Switzerland have been indefinitely postponed. Some of the students here have managed to come up with a plan for practically the whole Institute to make a pilgrimage to Lourdes over the Fall break. This year of course marks 150 years since our Lady's apparitions there.
So, the plan as of now seems to be to pile into a couple of big buses on Wednesday evening the 22nd of October, and to drive through the night to Lyon, France - a drive of about 10:30 hours according to Google. We'll have the rest of the day to explore Lyon before spending the night there and then driving on to Lourdes Friday morning (another 6:30 hours). Friday evening through Sunday Mass will be in Lourdes; Sunday afternoon, drive back to Lyon and spend the night there again; Monday morning get back on the buses for the long drive home (which should, however, be a scenic one: through southern France, Switzerland, and Bavaria).
2 comments:
The Lyonnaise remained breathtakingly antagonistic to the Parisiennes as a result of the French Revolution, which was only ameliorated when the Nazis provided something even more annoying. So enjoy Lyon!
Sounds like good people there!
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