Knock to host Eurovision Assumption Mass

This Sunday August 15 – the Solemnity of the Assumption – a Eurovision Mass will be celebrated and broadcast live from Knock Basilica on RTÉ One at 11am.

The main celebrant will be Fr Richard Gibbons, PP and Rector of Knock Shrine. The liturgy will feature music by the Schola Cantorum Basilicae under the direction of Úna Nolan with Organist Mark Keane.

The Mass will also be broadcast live via the Eurovision Global Network making it available to viewers in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, and Portugal and livestreamed on www.knockshrine.ie/watch

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, attendance will be restricted to 200 people on a first-come, first served basis with queuing systems in place.