Monday - Mass, Cachot, Trip to Pau, Atlanta dinner

Howdy from Lourdes!!! It's Monday!!! We had a great Mass this morning and Miss Murphy got to do the reading at Mass. She was awesome! She was especially asked by Monsignor Dillon to read and she did a great job. The church had the baptismal font in it that Saint Bernadette was baptized in. It was so cool to see it, it's over 150 years old!




After Mass we got to see the house where Bernadette lived, they call it the Cachot. It is much smaller than our classroom, maybe about half the size of our classroom. Bernadette had 6 people in her family and they all lived in the one room house. It used to be a jail cell before it was their house. They sacrificed a lot to all be together. It really made us realize how lucky we are to have all the things that we have at home.

In the afternoon we had a bus ride out to a town called Pau. It was very beautiful despite the rain. There was a castle that was built for Henry IV, gardens that were in the lawn of the castle, little shops, a train, and a lovely village. Most of the shops were closed because they have a holiday called May Day. It is celebrated on May 1st and they get a day off work. Since it was on Saturday this year they had a day off Monday. We finally found a restaurant that was open. It was really fun, we took turns playing the piano and drank some yummy hot chocolate!

When we got back to Lourdes we got the group together from Atlanta. We have about 30 people here from Atlanta including Knights, Dames, Doctors, Auxiliary, malades, and companions. We all went out to dinner together and had a great time!