Martina Purdy
(L/R) Sean and Geraldine McIlwee, Esther Okwara, Kathleen Herald, Fr Raymond McCullagh at the Lourdes Novena at
St Agnes. It was early autumn in 1987, when a Catholic couple, named Mary and Joseph, approached their Parish Priest in Belfast with a request – which, looking back, was clearly an inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The couple had been married on February 11, 1950, the Feast of our Lady of Lourdes, and wished to express…
