Pilgrimage Season Begins This Weekend: 29th & 30th April 2023

As the official pilgrimage season commences this weekend, we are delighted to welcome the following annual pilgrimages to Knock Shrine:

Saturday, April 29th :

Archdiocese of Dublin

The Archdiocese of Dublin covers an area of some 100 kilometres of the mid-eastern coast of Ireland, and extends inland over seventy kilometres. The entire county of Dublin forms a substantial part of the diocese along with most of Wicklow, considerable sections of Kildare in addition to sections of Carlow, Wexford, and Laois

3pm Mass at Knock Basilica

followed by Benediction & Eucharistic Blessing

Chief Celebrant: Archbishop Dermot Farrell

Music: Combined choirs of the Archdiocese of Dublin, led by Ciaran Coll

Dé Domhnaigh 30ú Aibreán /Sunday, April 30th :

Cumann na Sagart 

Is eagraíocht í Cumann na Sagart a bhfuil de aidhm aici aitheantas a thabhairt do áit na Gaeilge i gcúrsaí creidimh agus spioradáltachta san Eaglais in Éirinn. Cumann na Sagart is an organization whose aim is to recognize the place of the Irish language in religious and spiritual matters in the Church in Ireland.

3pm: Aifrinn as Gaeilge i Séipéal  an Pharóiste

3pm: Mass in Irish in the Parish Church

Priomh -Cheiliúrai: An t-Ath Séamus Ó hÉanaigh S.P.

Chief Celebrant: An t-Ath Séamus Ó hÉanaigh S.P.

Seanmóir An tAth Ciarán De Blaca, S.P.

Homilist: An tAth Ciarán De Blaca, S.P.

Ceol: Cór na Croise Naofa, Cill Éinde, An Spidéal

Music: Cór na Croise Naofa, Cill Éinde, An Spidéal