Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes: The Diocesan Pilgrimage will leave Shannon on Tuesday June 25th, returning on Sunday June 30th. Booking forms can be obtained from: Joe Walsh Tours, 143 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. Telephone: 01 241 0810.

A limited number of sick or assisted pilgrims will be accommodated in the Sanctuary of Lourdes at a cost of €626. Applications for sick pilgrims only to Fr. Tom Ryan, Pilgrimage Director, Cathedral House Station Road Ennis, Co. Clare. Telephone: 065 682 4043.

Families or individuals often sponsor a family member, parents, or a friend on the occasion of an anniversary or Jubilee with a visit to Lourdes. Sponsorship for sick people is always welcome. For more details, see poster in Church porch and on the Killaloe Diocese website www.killaloediocese.ie or from Fr Tom Ryan.