Catherine was interviewed by Gavin Ashenden, the presenter of a weekly faith programme, between 7.40am and 7.50am.  Thanks to Emily Jeffery, the producer for organising this. See audio page for the uploaded file of the interview. For those who want to buy the book, see the website page "To buy Where Echoes Meet" - the key sources are the Lourdes Office (by post), DABCEC, the Westminster Cathedral bookshop, the Pauline bookshop in High Street Kensington, the Lourdes bookshop in the domaine.

Catherine will be on Southern Counties radio on the morning of 7th September some time just after 7.35am talking about Lourdes and her book.  You can tune into BBC Southern Counties Radio on 104.0–104.8 & 95.0–95.3 FM and on 1161, 1368 & 1485 AM. Or if you want a lie-in (!) you can catch it online for a week on http://www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/

This Sunday's paper has a 4 page write-up about the book by Emma Clancy, the features editor.  Lovely photos taken by John Sexton, and lots of faces from the Lourdes pilgrimage. 

These 2 photos, taken by Lacaze at the first mass in the Church of St Bernadette on Friday 25 July, show Holly (with Joy and helper, Ed Constable) being presented a copy of the book by Bishop Kieran; and Joe Collard, accompanied by Tom Wright, doing the same.  Julia also received a book on behalf of her brother, Harry Hughes.

On 20th July at Worth Abbey the book was launched.  Over 200 books were sold in the first weekend, and the first feedback was very positive.  There was one which struck a chord and it came from one regular pilgrim - he said "Catherine has done it".  "What do you mean?" and he said that she has finally captured on paper what it is like to go to Lourdes.  Abigail had written in the introduction that "Reading the stories is a pilgrimage in itself". So maybe that is what he was saying also.

A highlight of the day was the presence of Joanna Tobiasiewicz with Maks and Bernadette to be given a copy of the book at the end of the helpers' mass by Fr Ian Byrnes, the Director of the Pilgrimage.  He said "we are so grateful to you and all the Tobiasiewicz family for your incredible generosity in sharing the life of Gregory in the book.  It is wonderful for us all to be able to re-live his memory and have a tribute to him in this form to inspire many future generations of pilgrims."