The relics of St Bernadette will be brought to dioceses across Ireland during September and October.
The Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, has said the opportunity to venerate Saint Bernadette’s relics in Ireland for the first time will be “a source of hope, great joy and inspiration”.
The relics will be journeying from Lourdes, France, before they reach cathedrals and churches across Ireland.
They will be in Ireland between September 4 to November 5.
The tour begins at the Cathedral of Our Lady & St Nicholas in Galway and finishes in the Church of the Risen Christ in Kiltoon.
The relics will be in Dublin on September 25 and September 26 in Our Lady of Victories Church.
“The visit of the relics will be a fitting prelude to the launch of the Jubilee Year 2025 with its theme 'Pilgrims of Hope',” said Fr Martin.
“Of course Lourdes is synonymous with care and love for sick and disabled persons, and is a special sanctuary for those who struggle with worries or decisions of one kind or another.
"The relics of Saint Bernadette remind us of Lourdes as a place of prayer and compassion for the sick and vulnerable.
“Over generations, Irish people of all ages have volunteered to help in various ways in Lourdes and have been uplifted themselves by the experience of serving and caring.
"In welcoming the relics, faith communities around the country will pray in the ‘spirit of Lourdes’ and come to know the message of Our Lady, a message of enduring relevance for us today.”
The Archbishop of Armagh said that he is looking forward to “welcoming relics of Saint Bernadette to all parts of the island” and encourages all to take the opportunity to “encounter the beautiful and inspiring person that Saint Bernadette was”.
Our Lady is said to have appeared 18 times to a young french girl named Bernadette Soubirous at the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, France in 1858.
The apparition of Lourdes was authenticated in 1866 by the Bishop of Tarbes.
That same year, Bernadette left Lourdes to live out her religious vocation within the community of the Sisters of Charity of Nevers.
She died in 1879 of tuberculosis, was proclaimed blessed in 1925 and canonised by Pope Pius XI in 1933.
She is known to all since as Saint Bernadette.