Chronicle of Thursday 16 July

Dear parents, grandparents, cousins, pets, etc.: we are writing to you from the land of the defeated.

After a brutal early start we have landed in the most picture-perfect Paris.

There was the church of Our Lady of Victories, where St Thérèse’s parents went to pray for their children’s health. We also met up again with the most veteran pilgrims (by one day), the ones who came in the vans from Bcn.

There, Fr Ferran spoke to us about the greatness of the vocation to marriage and the crosses it brings.

We were also lucky enough to celebrate Mass in French. 😅

After a glorious march (along the Champs-Élysées) to the Arc de Triomphe and getting to enjoy some spectacular views, we arrived at our accommodation.

A sports hall next to an amazing parish with images made of trencadís mosaic.

There we started this pilgrimage’s book, Story of a Soul.

After praying for a while we had some delicious burgers 🍔 for dinner, made by the logistics team, with 🍦 for pudding to celebrate our Menchu’s name day. 🎉

Happy feast day to all the Carmens!

PS: Right now in front of us we have our very own “Cinderellas” 👗 (Edurne and Blanca Mir) scrubbing up the oil that dripped from the burgers 🧹

Good night, everyone! More tomorrow 😎