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Lourdes: Archdiocese has unique pairing with French diocese

Twenty-four years ago, Father Wayne Watts, pastor of St. John Berchmans Parish, 2517 W. Logan Blvd., started taking young people to Lourdes, France, to volunteer to help the sick, who are called “malades.”

Service to the sick in Lourdes transforms lives of local young people

For the past 24 years, Father Wayne Watts, pastor of St. John Berchmans, 2511 W. Logan Blvd., has taken young people in high school and college to Lourdes, France, to volunteer with the sick, or malades, as they are called there.

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