Limerick hurler Aaron Gillane confirmed as guest speaker at Knock Novena

LIMERICK hurler Aaron Gillane will be among the guest speakers at the annual Knock Novena that gets underway next month.

Aaron is the holder of five All-Ireland senior medals, six Munster medals, four All-Star awards, and was the Hurler of the Year for 2023.

The 28-year-old from Patrickswell will address both the afternoon and evening sessions on Tuesday, August 20. The theme of his address is ‘What it means to believe’.

The National Novena to Our Lady of Knock will take place from Wednesday, August 14 to Thursday, August 22. Fr Richard Gibbons, Parish Priest and Rector of Knock Shrine since 2012, will lead the special celebratory Mass on August 21, the evening of the 145th anniversary of the Knock Apparition.

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The other speakers during the Novena are Dr Austen Ivereigh, a British writer and journalist known for his two biographies of Pope Francis, as well as Let Us Dream (2020); Fr Richard Leonard who is a Jesuit priest; Toni Pyke PhD who is the Justice, Peace and Ecology coordinator with the Association of Leaders of Missionary and Religious of Ireland; Monsignor Kevin Gillespie, Chancellor of the Diocese of Raphoe; singer-songwriter Donna Taggart from Omagh; Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin; Judith King who is an accredited Psychotherapist; Orla Treacy, a Loreto Sister from Bray; Dr Gráinne Doherty who works in pastoral ministry, retreat leadership and adult faith formation, and Jos Moons, a Jesuit priest who works as a lecturer at KU Leuven (Belgium).