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HCPT takes around 1,000 children from the UK on its annual Easter pilgrimage - with groups from
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In 1996, HCPT celebrated the 40th
Anniversary of the Pilgrimage Trust. Here, the whole Pilgrimage, of around 5000 people, congregate in St Bernadette's Basilica for the Trust Mass, the culmination of which is the singing of the song 'Rise and Shine', the unofficial HCPT Anthem.
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From HCPT grew the
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HCPT also owns a villa in Bartrès, near
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