‘The Miracle Club’ Speaks of Pain, Hope, Forgiveness — and Lourdes, by Kathy Schiffer

In “The Miracle Club,” three women from the working-class Irish town of Ballygar and a visitor from the U.S., with a little help from their parish priest Father Dermot Byrne, embark on a trip to Lourdes. It’s an exciting moment: It’s the first time any of them has visited the French city, and each has a dream that God will grant them a miracle and change something in their lives.

• Lily, played by the indomitable Oscar-winning Dame Maggie Smith, hopes for forgiveness after she intervened in her deceased son’s life.

• Eileen (Kathy Bates) hopes for the healing of a potentially cancerous lump in her breast.

• Dolly, the younger woman played by Agnes O’Casey, wishes that her autistic son Daniel could speak. ….