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The logistics of transportation and lodging are all being arranged with Tekton Ministries. We will have a Catholic guide and Daily Mass in the holiest sites.
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Arrival at Knock, the parish church. |
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On Aug. 21, 1879 Our Lady and Saints appeared on the Gable of the Church. |
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She was seen by 15 people for a period of about 2 hours. |
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At the cener of the gamle with an altar on which a lamb stood, surrounded by angels. |
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Exterior of the parish church, with new sacristy on the right and chapel enclosing the gabel on the left. |
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Interior of the parish church |
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New pilgrimage church on the grounds, with the John Paul II cross on the left. |
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Statues of the apparition in the museum. |
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Reconciliation chapel. |
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Cross erected on place where Pope John Paul II celebrated mass on Sept. 30, 1979. |
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My favorite street sign - post office to the right, confessions and holy water to the left. |
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St Mary's was an ancient place of pilgrimage. |
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But in October 1649, Cromwell attacked, killed the priests, and the Church has been destroyed since then. |
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The "Island" is actually a peninsula in the midst of a salt-water lake. | |
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The moden parish of St Mary |
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A view of St Mary Island from the Church. |
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A crucifix that a young man tried to save from the Church, but alas was shot down by the brutal soldiers. The crucifix was found in the lake in 1887. |