2009 National Grandparents Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine
18. Jun, 2009 
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Knock Shrine will again host the National Grandparents Pilgrimage on Sunday 13th September 2009. Guest singers include Liam Lawton and Dana.
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Schedule
Our Lady of Knock Shrine, Knock, Co. Mayo
Sunday 13th September 2009
2.00pm – Anointing of the Sick with music and song
3.00pm – Pilgrimage Mass followed by Eucharistic Adoration
Chief Celebrant – Cardinal Seán Brady Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland
Guest Singers
Fr. Liam Lawton & Dana
Choral Singing
Mayo School of Music Youth Choir,
Cill Aodáin Choral Society &
Our Lady’s Choir, Castlebar
Children’s Prayer Appeal
Invitation to all Grandchildren to write a prayer for their Grandparents. All prayers will be blessed at the pilgrimage.
Background to Pilgrimage
Catherine Wiley, the chief organiser, explains the background to the pilgrimage as follows -
I got the idea for the pilgrimage when I started to realise just how important a part grandmothers and grandfathers play in so many families. They are baby-sitters when parents are so busy with their working lives, and they also have a unique relationship with their grandchildren.
Many Grandparents today are struggling with the effects of divorced, separated, second union, or single parent families on their children and their children’s children. I have ten Grandchildren and I know the special relationship that exists between grandparents and grandchildren. Grandparents are there from the birth of the child, they are ever-present and they enjoy the trust of their grandchildren from a very young age.
Many grandparents may feel they are taken for granted, and my pilgrimage sought to put that right, and also to honour grandparents for the part they play in helping to pass the Catholic faith from generation to generation.
Contact
Catherine Wiley,
Coordinator,
National Grandparents Pilgrimage,
Horizon House,
Riverview, North Mall, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 (0) 98 50290 Fax: 00 353 (0) 98 50291
For more information –
For National Grandparents Day on 13 September will there be wheelchairs available? I intend travelling with my sister who suffers from heart failure – while she can walk, getting around in large crowds is not feasible.
Are there volunteer wheelchair pushers? I have had a hip replacement and could not push Mary’s chair. Hope you will respond
Betty Joye
Hi Betty
We will get in touch with the Pilgrimage coordinator and ask about the wheelchairs
We will contact you with the reply
Kind regards
Fr Bill