Pilgrims at Knock Shrine for its 2023 novena. Representatives from Ireland’s 26 dioceses will come together with pieces of a cross, each with a separate diocesan name, to build a dedicated ‘Cross for Vocations’ in Knock shrine today. A prayer ceremony on August 17 marks both the current ‘Year for Vocation to the Diocesan Priesthood’, as well as the centrality of the Marian…
