A warm welcome awaits young pilgrims at Knock, writes Mags Gargan

The first American diocesan pilgrimage to Knock isn’t short on ambition, Greg Daly is told

St John Paul II described Our Lady’s Shrine at Knock as “the goal of my journey to Ireland” during his 1979 pilgrimage. The Pope said to the many pilgrims who had joined him at the shrine that “yours is a long spiritual tradition of devotion to Our Lady. “Your veneration of Mary is so deeply…

It was about seven on the evening of August 21, 1879, while it was still bright, that Mary McLoughlin, housekeeper to the parish priest of Knock, was on her way to visit the Byrne family who lived near the village church. Some distance away from the church she spotted an “extraordinary group” of figures by…

Knock Shrine is determined to be at the heart of faith renewal, the energetic rector tells Greg Daly

Gráinne Treanor A former lecturer in moral theology at Mater Dei Institute of Education in Dublin, where she earned her PhD in 2003, and in medical ethics at Trinity College, Dublin, Dr Treanor was a secondary school teacher for six years before entering the higher education sector. In conjunction with Cardinal Dolan’s homilies on ‘Faith &…

Mags Gargan meets young people volunteering at Knock Shrine

Volunteers tell Mags Gargan why they love Knock Shrine

Knock is a chosen place of silence to find God in prayers, writes Sr Valerie Rooney

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Flannery O’Connor. Fr Antonio Spadaro SJ explains why her writing is so electrifying.