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St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith
St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith4 days ago
LOURDES AND FERRERO ROCHER
A little bit of trivia that you might find interesting.

Michele Ferrero, one of the owners of the Ferrero Rocher sweet company had great devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes, and so in 1979 when the new sweet was introduced it was called Ferrero Rocher (Rocher the French word for Rock) as a salute to the Rock of Massabielle where Our Lady appeared to Bernadette in 1858.

Michele was a fervent Catholic and he visited Lourdes every year. He also had a statue of Our Lady placed in every factory and office. Michele died on 14 February 2015. He said that the Ferrero Rocher sweets were inspired by the Rock at Massabiele - actually the chocolates’ hazelnut-pocked surface bears more than a passing resemblance to the rock formation at Lourdes.

The Ferrero family have been a great support to Lourdes throughout the years and after the last bad floods in Lourdes they helped fund the construction of the metal bridge, near the chapel of confessions.
Joan (Dublin)

Proposed New Toucan Crossing Outside St Oswald’s Church

Wigan Council’s Major Projects team are writing to you today to share a programme of consultation and engagement in relation to the Ashton Sustainable Travel Routes scheme, a scheme that aims to improve road safety and make it easier and more attractive for people to walk and cycle for short journeys in the Ashton-in-Makerfield area.

 

Outline designs have been developed which we are keen to share with you for further comments and feedback. Consultation for this scheme has launched on Monday 26 th February for four weeks and we would love to hear your views, using our virtual engagement platform below “Citizenslab.”

 

Project: Ashton Sustainable Travel Routes (wigan.gov.uk)

 

Please can you cascade the information and link as you feel appropriate.

 

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

 

 

Kind regards,

 


Major Projects Team

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