The Coastland Times

DARE COUNTY PRIEST TO TAKE LOURDES JOURNEY
Father Peter M. Denges, pastor of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Kill Devil Hills, and his brother, Monsignor Joseph F. Denges, pastor of St. Stephen's Church, Washington, D. C., will accompany Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, on the largest 1958 Lourdes Centennial Pilgrimage Cruise, sailing from New York September 8 on the T. S. S. Olympia, Flagship of the Greek Line, one of the most modern and luxurious ships in the cruising field today.
It is estimated that more than ten million pilgrims from all corners of the world will visit the sacred Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in the remote picturesque foothills of the majestic Pyrenees Mountains, which form a wall on France's southern frontier.
A stream of water and eighteen apparitions seen only by an uneducated, simple young peasant girl these have been the outward signs of the Great Miracle of the 19th century, which has brought the entire Catholic world on its knees in pilgrimage to Lourdes, the most famous pilgrimage shrine in the world.
While in Rome, Father Peter and Father Joseph Denges will visit their brother, Father Benedict Denges, who is celebrating this year his 30th Anniversary in the holy Priesthood.