Text Box:                          Pilgrimage to Lourdes - Monday May 17th to 23rd  2010.   The proposed Pilgrimage begins on Monday 17th May 2010  early in the day with a journey to Dover by coach and an overnight stay near Paris on the Monday evening.  The journey would continue next day arriving in Lourdes in the evening at the Hotel Paradis. There would then be three full days in Lourdes.  Return journey beginning on Saturday  22nd May 2010, and overnight stay near Paris on that evening. Return to Bathgate on Sunday night  23rd May 2010.                 The Pilgrimage Operator, Leisure Time Travel, is happy to make this Pilgrimage available for £399 with an additional £ 35  for Insurance, if required.  This is based on two persons sharing a room.  Single room supplement £130.   Price includes travel plus bed/breakfast at overnight Hotel in Paris and full board at Hotel Paradis.   Your name, address and telephone number should be put on the list in the sacristy after any Mass (In St Mary’s Bathgate) beginning in September 2009 if you are interested in going.  You must be able-bodied and fit to carry your own luggage.  At the end of October a decision will be made as to whether the Pilgrimage has sufficient support to take place and at that point those interested will be asked to pay their deposit of  £50 and Insurance, if required.   If you are outwith Bathgate, please send your name and address to the parish at St Mary’s,  9 Livery Street, Bathgate EH48 4HS or   parish@saintmary.org.uk               Publisher / Lourdes 2010/Disc lourdes