A group of 340 volunteers, helpers, pilgrims and relatives, including 65 sick people, joined the recent annual pilgrimage to Lourdes held by the Maltese Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (MASMOM), including two cloistered nuns from St Ursula monastery, Valletta, who had not left the convent for over 60 years. Photo shows chaplain Fr Savio Vella with young members of the group.