Lourdes Links

HCPT

HCPT The Pilgrimage Trust - The HCPT HQ homepage. Includes pictures from the Easter 2000 Pilgrimage and shows how you can help via A Legacy of Hope The people who would benefit most from a bequest made to HCPT are the thousands of children and adults who each year are offered the opportunity of a refreshing and exhilarating holiday in the breathtaking surroundings of the French Pyrenees.

HCPT Group 1 - It all started in 1958 - or did it? We are not quite sure when HCPT groups took on numbers. Harry Hewett, Marianne Strode's father, led the first group under the Group One banner.

HCPT Group 26 - Welcome to the Group 26 Official Web Site

HCPT Group 35 - We've returned. After a very eventful week and exhausting train journey, the intrepid pilgrims of Group 35 have returned home. There are new pictures posted on the site. To view these go to the Pictures section. An account of what happened during the week can be found in the "2000 Trip section"

HCPT Group 89 One of the Scottish groups - Group 89 take children who are physically, mentally or socially disadvantaged to Lourdes every Easter with HCPT - The Pilgrimage Trust

HCPT Group 101 - Doncaster - When group 101 was formed 21 years ago, Yorkshire still had a thriving carrier pigeon industry, and it was not until the early 1980's that Yorkshire folk even began using the Royal Mail, and this was only because smoke signals had been outlawed by the local council because they caused too much pollution!!

HCPT Group 116 - Group 116 is much like all HCPT groups. It is made up of 3 subgroups. Most importantly there are the Children, they are the whole purpose of HCPT and come from a variety of different backgrounds. They often range from the severely mentally and physically handicapped to those w ho may be just socially disadvantaged. They range in age from about 9 to 17 and we take out a different group every year.

IHCPT Group 163 - Our Group 163 is a Western Region group, depending on who is asked we are from Galway or Clare

HCPT Group 519 West Cumbria - The homepage of the West Cumbria group of HCPT - The Pilgrimage Trust, a charity which hosts pilgrimage holidays to Lourdes for disabled children and adults.

St Bonaventure's HCPT Group - St Bonaventure's HCPT Group was formed in 1997. Each year, at Easter, a group of helpers from the parish take a group of children with special needs on holiday to Lourdes in South West France as part of a national pilgrimageled by HCPT.

IHCPT - The Irish Pilgrimage Trust - In 1972 some Irish people who had been introduced to HCPT in the UK returned to Ireland and established IHCPT - an independent sister organisation.

American Special Children's Pilgrimage Group - ASCPG is a non-profit organization that sponsors a trip to Lourdes, France, each Easter for special children (ages 9-18) and volunteer adult caregivers

	HCPT The Pilgrimage Trust - The HCPT HQ homepage. Includes pictures from the Easter 2000 Pilgrimage and shows how you can help via A Legacy of Hope The people who would benefit most from a bequest made to HCPT are the thousands of children and adults who each year are offered the opportunity of a refreshing and exhilarating holiday in the breathtaking surroundings of the French Pyrenees.
	HCPT Group 1 - It all started in 1958 - or did it? We are not quite sure when HCPT groups took on numbers. Harry Hewett, Marianne Strode's father, led the first group under the Group One banner.
	HCPT Group 26 - Welcome to the Group 26 Official Web Site
	HCPT Group 35 - We've returned. After a very eventful week and exhausting train journey, the intrepid pilgrims of Group 35 have returned home. There are new pictures posted on the site. To view these go to the Pictures section. An account of what happened during the week can be found in the "2000 Trip section"
	HCPT Group 89 One of the Scottish groups - Group 89 take children who are physically, mentally or socially disadvantaged to Lourdes every Easter with HCPT - The Pilgrimage Trust
	HCPT Group 101 - Doncaster - When group 101 was formed 21 years ago, Yorkshire still had a thriving carrier pigeon industry, and it was not until the early 1980's that Yorkshire folk even began using the Royal Mail, and this was only because smoke signals had been outlawed by the local council because they caused too much pollution!!
	HCPT Group 116 - Group 116 is much like all HCPT groups. It is made up of 3 subgroups. Most importantly there are the Children, they are the whole purpose of HCPT and come from a variety of different backgrounds. They often range from the severely mentally and physically handicapped to those w ho may be just socially disadvantaged. They range in age from about 9 to 17 and we take out a different group every year.
	IHCPT Group 163 - Our Group 163 is a Western Region group, depending on who is asked we are from Galway or Clare
	HCPT Group 519 West Cumbria - The homepage of the West Cumbria group of HCPT - The Pilgrimage Trust, a charity which hosts pilgrimage holidays to Lourdes for disabled children and adults.
	St Bonaventure's HCPT Group - St Bonaventure's HCPT Group was formed in 1997. Each year, at Easter, a group of helpers from the parish take a group of children with special needs on holiday to Lourdes in South West France as part of a national pilgrimageled by HCPT.
	IHCPT - The Irish Pilgrimage Trust - In 1972 some Irish people who had been introduced to HCPT in the UK returned to Ireland and established IHCPT - an independent sister organisation.
	American Special Children's Pilgrimage Group - ASCPG is a non-profit organization that sponsors a trip to Lourdes, France, each Easter for special children (ages 9-18) and volunteer adult caregivers