The Lourdes grotto in Lowell is pictured in 2021. The building that was the former Franco-American School is seen in the background. Pilot photo/courtesy Kevin Roy A boy prays at the Lourdes grotto in this photo from the days of the Franco-American School.
Pilot photo/courtesy Kevin Roy
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LOWELL It s not actually Lourdes, France, or the praetorium in Jerusalem, or the hill of Golgotha. But looking up at the scale replica of Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, lined with a scala sancta and Stations of the Cross, and topped with a crucifix that can be seen from a distance, one could easily imagine being in any of those places.