Check out the programme of festivities for 12, 13 and 14 September 2025 in Tournai !
Friday 12/09/2025
- 6pm :Prayer vigil in honour of the Virgin Mary of Orcq at Sainte-Agathe Church in Orcq.
Saturday 13/09/2025
Pontifical service at 6 p.m. at Notre-Dame Cathedral.
A pontifical service presided over by Bishop Guy Harpigny of Tournai will be celebrated at 6 p.m.
Key handover ceremony at around 7.30 p.m. at Notre-Dame Cathedral.
Sunday 14/09/2025
Pontifical Mass at 8:30 a.m. at Notre-Dame Cathedral.
A pontifical Mass presided over by Bishop Guy Harpigny of Tournai will be celebrated at 8:30 a.m. at Notre-Dame Cathedral.
The Great Procession will begin at 10 a.m.
Nearly 1,000 people carry reliquaries and statues venerated in the churches of Tournai, continuing a tradition dating back to 1092. Among the treasures on display are exceptional pieces such as the large reliquaries of the Cathedral, the reliquary of Our Lady (1205), that of Saint Eleutherius (1243) and that of the Damoiseaux (16th century). The procession is accompanied by numerous musical groups.
The procession returns to the Cathedral at around 11:20 a.m. and the Blessed Sacrament is blessed.
NB: in case of rain, a service will be held in the Cathedral at 10:30 a.m. During the procession, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament takes place at the Cathedral and at Saint-Brice Church.
Find all the latest news about the Procession on the official website.
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