Ruadhán Jones
Large crowd of pilgrims processing to the apparition chapel for final prayers after mass in the Basilica during the Knock National Novena last Tuesday. Photo by John Mc Elroy There were smiles aplenty as Knock Shrine’s national novena returned for the first time since before the Covid-19 pandemic. The novena opened on Sunday, August 14, with Mass celebrated by Bishop of Meath Tom Deenihan, concluding Monday August 22 with Archbishop of Tuam Francis Duffy celebrating Mass. A variety of speakers addressed the thousands of…
