A party of Isle of Man residents has set off on a special pilgrimage.
The Isle of Man group of the Liverpool Archdiocese is making its 20th visit to the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes in France.
One of the pilgrims, James Palmer from Douglas, says the three-day visit means so much:

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