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PILGRIMAGE IN HONOR
OF THE HOLY YEAR
France, Italy, the Holy Land and Portugal
May 21 to June 11, 1975

On the occasion of the Holy Year, the Army of Mary organized a second pilgrimage to Europe from May 21 to June 11, 1975, visiting shrines in Paris, Lisieux, Lourdes, Rome, Assisi, Fatima and the Holy Land.

1975 - The group of pilgrims in Rome

His Excellency Bishop Jean-Pierre van Lierde, the Pope’s sacristan, joined the Army of Mary group in Lourdes where, on May 27, 1975, he presided over the Apotheosis of Peace in the underground basilica of St. Pius X.

The following day, during a fraternal gathering, an unexpected program unfolded. Having given a testimonial before a few Knights earlier in the day, Georges, Marie-Paule’s husband, was invited to give this testimonial again. Before his sons, André and Pierre, as well as His Excellency Bishop van Lierde and the Knights, he made amends.

The last leg of the trip led the pilgrims to the Holy Land where Marie-Paule bought, on an indication from the Lord, a white dress, the pattern of which had been “shown” her some time earlier and which she had unsuccessfully tried to find in Quebec City.

(Life of Love XI, chapters 5-11)