Students at Ampleforth who came on the 2008 Pilgrimage were

Hamish Adams-Cairns (H), Sammy Atwal (A08), James Burnford (J08), Teresa Burnford (A), Claire Dawson (B08), Theo Dewez (J08), Theo Dinkel (J08), Mary Clare Dollard (A08), Lukas Domecq  (J), Diego Fiamma (EW), Joanne Finnegan (M08), Lallie Fraser (A08), Freddie Foxley (H08), Louisa Grew (B), Will Hall (EW), Timothy Halliwell (O08), Alex Howell (EW), Lotty Lawrence (A08), Alasdhair Lochrane (C08), Archie MacDonald (O08), Tom Machale (EW08), Emily Moore (A),  Toby Plummer (J08), Alice Reid (A08), Will Rogers (O),Hugo Seilern Aspang (EW08), Finnian Shaw (C08), David Spencer (EW), Lydia Straughan (B), Philip Swann (J08), Mark Topham (O), Theo Tyrrell (D), Zoe Venning (A08), Hew Williams (EW08) and Holly Wilson (M).

Other current students who came on the Ampleforth Stage Group from 3 to 11 July 2008 were Timothy Halliwell (D08), Ikenna Igboaka (D08), Jonathan Lloyd-Jones (T), Carl-Frederick Mack (D08), Hew Williams (EW07) [full list below]. Others who did stages were Tom de Chezelles (J) [11-18 July 2008] and Tom Stott (J)  [11-19 July 2008].

Those coming on the 28th Ampleforth Stage Group are

Simon Goodall (W96)

Timothy Halliwell (D08)

Ikenna Igboaka (D08)

Jonathan Lloyd-Jones (T)

Carl-Frederick Mack (D08)

Julian Muller (H05)

Gavin Williams (W/EW04)

Hew Williams (EW07)

Fr Francis Dobson (D57)

[John Morton (C55) was unable to come because of illness at the last moment]

Others who did Stages were

Tom de Chezelles (J)     11-18 July 2008

Tom Stott (J)                 11-19 July 2008

A year of celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady to St Bernadette at Lourdes in 1858 began with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Several Ampleforth members of the Hospitalite de Notre-Dame de Lourdes attended this opening of the year of celebrations. On the eve of the Feast, 7 December 2007, there was a procession from the site of the Baptism of St Bernadette in the Parish Church in the town [the original Parish Church was burnt down but the font remains in the new church] to the Cachot to the Basilica of St Pius X. Next day, on 8 December 2007, Mass of the Immaculate Conception was celebrated in the Basilica of St Pius X by the Indian Cardinal Ivan Dias - estimates of those present varied between 33,000 and 20,000 faithful. One member of the Ampleforth pilgrimage present noted the complete silence and reverence of this occasion. The 150th anniversary of the first apparition was on 11 February 2008 [Thursday 11 February 1858]; the 18th and final apparition is commerorated on 16 July 2008 [16 July 1858]. [posted 16 December 2007, updated 11 June 2008]]

The Ampleforth Lourdes Pilgrimage Carrel Concert took place on 6 December 2007.

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