{"id":648,"date":"2023-06-27T15:52:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T12:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=648"},"modified":"2024-03-19T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T09:04:00","slug":"first-pilgrimage-to-lourdes-order-of-malta-companions-of-kenya","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/kenyaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/first-pilgrimage-to-lourdes-order-of-malta-companions-of-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilgrimage to Lourdes &#8211; Part 1"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-648","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-news"],"acf":{"hidden_news":"no","evidence":"yes","focus_on":"no","breaking":"yes","news_cover":{"id":653,"url":"https:\/\/kenyaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/06\/Lourdes_3-scaled.jpeg"},"news_content":"<p>Order of Malta history was made this year, as the Companions of Kenya, led by their Chairman, Sam<br \/>\nMattock and with the invaluable support of the Companions of Kenya Hospitaller, Nathalie made the<br \/>\nannual Order of Malta pilgrimage to Lourdes from 5-11 May.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the President of the British Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (BASMOM)<br \/>\nCelestrine Hales, who gave her blessing to have the Kenyan pilgrims attached to the BASMOM pilgrimage.<br \/>\nWonderful weather greeted the pilgrims, there were 8 Kenyan Pilgrims, namely Sam Mattock, Wayne<br \/>\nHennessy-Barrett, Alison Ngibuini, Dr Babu Owuonda, Sister Bernadette Ndegwa, Daphne Fagan, Shaun<br \/>\nLeavy, Ester Asega and Helen Mordaunt. Nathalie attended with the Dutch contingent, with whom she<br \/>\nhas been on countless pilgrimages but we hope next year she will join her beloved Kenyans.<\/p>\n<p>Esther\u2019s joy, appreciation and courage were an inspiration to us all for the whole pilgrimage. And as a divine<br \/>\nreward, shortly after returning home to Kisumu, she was selected for the Kenyan National Para-Volleyball<br \/>\nTeam! She said that the Lourdes experience gave her the confidence to do more in life.<\/p>\n<p>Picture 1:<\/p>\n<p>L to R: Wayne Hennessy-Barrett, Dr Babu Owuonda, Nathalie, Sister Bernadette Ndegwa, Michael Grace, Helen Mordaunt, Esther Asega, Alison Ngibuini, Daphne Fagan, Sam Mattock, Dr Christine Furness<\/p>\n<p>Picture 2:<\/p>\n<p>L to R: Alison Ngibuini, Prince and Grand Master Fra\u2019 John Dunlap, Sister Bernadette and Dr Babu<\/p>\n","news_gallery":"yes","news_gallery_elements":[{"id":653,"url":"https:\/\/kenyaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/06\/Lourdes_3-scaled.jpeg"},{"id":656,"url":"https:\/\/kenyaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/06\/Lourdes_4.png"}],"news_excerpt":"Order of Malta history was made this year, as the Companions of Kenya ,made the\r\nannual Order of Malta pilgrimage to Lourdes from 5-11 May."},"news_categories":[{"id":14,"name":"News","slug":"news","description":"","link":"https:\/\/kenyaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news-categories\/news\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kenyaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyaembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}