“Off the Bedan Path” - Spring 2025 Trip to Spain and France

Apr 9

Written By Rory Dayton

In Spring 2025, a group of travelers from St. Bede Academy and Abbey, accompanied by Abbot Michael Calhoun, O.S.B., traveled through Spain and France, exploring historic and religious sites along the way. Enjoy the photo gallery!

Tulips at Guggenheim - Bilboa

Tulips at Guggenheim - Bilboa

Imperial Chapel at Biarritz

Arc de Triomf -- Barcelona

Mass being celebrating at Lourdes Grotto

Medieval fortress at Carcasonne

Our Lady of Lourdes -- Lourdes

Our Lady of Lourdes -- Lourdes

Puppy at Guggenheim - Bilboa

Puppy at Guggenheim

Sanctuary area of Imperial Chapel at Biarritz

St John the Baptist Church where Louis XIV married Marie Therese

Stained glass windows at Basilica de a Sagrada Familia - Barcelona

Stained glass windows at Basilica de la Sagrada Familia - Barcelona

Tall tree and the eye at Guggenheim - Bilboa

Flamenco dancers perform -- Barcelona

Flight into Egypt stanined glass -- Montserrat

Floral bed at Donostia - San Sebastian

Floral bed at Good Shepherd Church -San Sebastian

Floral bed at Park Guell -- Barcelona

Golden crown atop the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary - Loudes

Good Shepherd Church - San Sebastian

Group photo - San Sebastian

Group photo at San Sebastian

Group photos at San Sebstian

Guggenheim Museum - Bilboa

Afternoon sun comes through Basilica de la Sagrada Familia - Barcelona

Apse area of Imperial Chapel - Biarritz

Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary -- Lourdes

Cathedral of St John the Bapist -- Perpignan

Dusk at La Concha Beach - San Sebatian

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