Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at St. Boniface

Submitted photo

The Youth Group at St. James Parish in Habustadt recently enjoyed a family field trip to Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto beneath St. Boniface Church on Evansville’s west side. Modeled after Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in France, the grotto at St. Boniface was built in 1914. Damage caused by a 1937 flood led to its closure until 1972. Youth and their parents enjoyed a tour of the grotto and prayed the rosary. The pilgrims are shown in the photo, which was taken after they prayed the rosary.