Notre Dame de Lourdes Parish plans centennial events

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Notre Dame de Lourdes Parish in Price has planned an entire year of events to celebrate its centennial.

The celebration will begin Monday, June 20, with a dedication of the library at the parish center and a statue of the Blessed Mother at the rectory. These will be followed by a Mass at which Bishop Oscar A. Solis will preside.   

The parish was dedicated on June 20, 1923. Today, the parish is compiling a souvenir book, and has asked ministers who served there to send a letter about their time at Notre Dame Parish to put in the book.   

Among the other events planned to celebrate the parish’s 100 years are an Oktoberfest, a centennial rosary and candlelight procession, and a spiritual retreat at the first of the new year. Also in 2023, a novena to Our Lady of Lourdes is scheduled for the days preceding the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. The parish also plans to distribute 100 trees to be planted for the centennial, among other events prior to the closing Mass on June 20, 2023. The closing celebrations will include a reenactment of the Lourdes story, placement of a time capsule, and publication of the souvenir book.

Information on these events will be available from the parish and in the Around the Diocese section of this newspaper.