To see Lourdes…what a great blessings. I dont think my budget will ever cope with such a trip but rejoice that those who do travel there are blessed with a Plenary Indulgence…
Hi BarbaraTherese,
You can get the special “Lourdes” Plenary indulgence here in Australia (and in other parts of the world). The details are in the link which Shoshana put in at the beggining of this thread to the Australian Cathnews website.
A visit to the Earlwood Lourdes shrine in Sydney, or to one of the Sydney churches named Our Lady of Lourdes plus the usual conditions will do it for me. South Australia would most likely have some special church or shrine to do with Our Lady of Lourdes.
The indulgence is not just for the actual grotto in Lourdes, France. It is also for special places dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes. The article on Cathnews will explain and as Stove said in this thread there are other ways to gain Plenary indulgences as well.
For the “Lourdes” plenary indulgence, there is a time frame of nine days (in February), for places other than Lourdes in France and for the whole jubilee year (which started on December 8, this year) at the grotto in Lourdes France.
And as another poster in this thread said regarding Lourdes: **I went there two years early! ** I did too.

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Lourdes is a beautiful place. At the current time there is a landscapers who is working out a quote to build a Lourdes grotto in our backyard. He is hinting that it will be expensive. I will wait and see and if it is expensive I will look for another option.
Greetings and prayers for all your intentions,
Mary Ann
**Our family’s website apostolate: **
homestead.com/missionbell/index.html
(saints, devotional items, prayers, miracles, articles on autism, poems, panic attack management, educational items and more).
**Novena to St Philomena the Wonder Worker for the healing of autism: **
homestead.com/missionbell/novenaforautisticchildren.html
Each person (who has autism) whose name is sent to be included in this novena, will be prayed for regularly by a priest of
Lourdes, France at the grotto. Only the first name of the person is needed for the purpose of this novena. Everyone is invited to send names: parents, grandparents, teachers, doctors, aunties, therapists etc.
**The powerful intercession of the Holy Souls in Purgatory for their
benefactors: **
missionbell.homestead.com/Afavourgrantedbytheholysouls.html
The web page has accounts of the intercession of The Holy Souls in Purgatory, for their benefactors in cases of illness, addictions, cars that won’t start, infertility problems, protection in accidents, their help for people who are experiencing major trouble with city councils, success with projects, finding lost property and trouble with relations, etc. and prayers and ideas on how to help The Holy Souls in Purgatory.