Hollie shares her experience of Lough Derg, the traditional Three Day Pilgrimage.
The pilgrimage is a programme of prayer, fasting (one simple Lough Derg meal each day), walking bare-footed and undertaking a 24hour Vigil. Without shoes and sleep and with little food, pilgrims are confronted with the essential aspects of life, an experience which can enable them to discover their hidden strengths and rediscover what really matters in life.
Lough Derg is a sacred place apart to bring burdens and leave them behind, to seek healing for wounds and to ask for them to be healed.
The Diocese of Derry Three Day Pilgrimage led by Bishop Donal McKeown starts on Friday, 26th and concludes on Sunday, the 28th July 2024.
Bus will depart after 10:00am Mass from St Eugene's Cathedral, Derry on Friday 26th July. Will travel via Lifford and Ballybofey. Cost £80 including transport. Cost without transport £70. Prebooking is required.
To book and view full details see: www.derrydioce....
St. Patrick’s Purgatory, more commonly referred to as Lough Derg because of its location in the lake of the same name in Co Donegal, is a pilgrimage site which dates back to the Fifth Century. Since then, uninterrupted for over 1500 years, it has been a place of Christian pilgrimage and prayer.
The pilgrimage takes place on Station Island, and it has St. Patrick as its patron. The original monastery on Saints Island in the same lake claimed St Davog, one of Patrick’s disciples, as its founder abbot.
The pilgrimage season is a relatively short one: the traditional Three Day Pilgrimage runs from 1st June to 15th August; Day Retreats are held in May, late August and September; school retreats are held in April-May and in September.
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