Papal Schedule

Author: Pope John Paul II

14 August 1983

Meeting with President François Mitterrand - Welcome ceremony at "Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées" International Airport

Meeting with the Mayor of Lourdes

Prayer at the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes

Recital of the Holy Rosary at the Grotto of Lourdes

Prayer to Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes

At the conclusion of the traditional procession «aux flambeaux» (with candles)

15 August 1983

To priests gathered in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes

To women religious gathered in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes

Mass at the Grotto of the Apparitions in Lourdes on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Angelus on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

To youth in Saint Pius X Basilica in Lourdes

To sick pilgrims

To French Catholics

Farewell ceremony at "Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées" International Airport