The 4th National Grandparents Pilgrimage will take place to the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock on Sunday 12 September. Anointing of the Sick at 2.00pm; Pilgrimage Mass at 3.00pm followed by Eucharistic Adoration. Special guest singers: Michael English, Dana and Chloe Coyle. For more information telephone 003539824877 or visit website www.catholicgrandparentsassociation.com.

Mount Melleray Grotto: A bus will leave Barrack Street Car Park at 1.00pm on Saturday 14 August for an all night vigil at the grotto. Mass at 10.00am. Breakfast will be served afterwards in Flynn's Guest House. Please bring a packed lunch. For more information contact Jonathon McGhee on 07707916327.

 

 

 

The Marian Shrine, Knock, Co.Mayo.

The Story of Knock began on the 21st August 1879 when Our Lady, St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist appeared at the south gable of Knock Parish Church. The apparition was witnessed by fifteen people, young and old. From this miraculous Apparition Knock has grown to the status of an internationally recognised Marian Shrine.

The personal pilgrimage of Pope John Paul II in 1979, commemorating the centenary of the apparition, inspired an even greater devotion to the Shrine and endorsed the indelible seal of Vatican approval. Mother Teresa of Calcutta visited the Shrine in June of 1993. One and a half million pilgrims visit the Shrine annually.