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Family day to replace blessing of babies at Limerick Novena

ONE of the highlights of the annual novena at the Redemptorist Church in Limerick city, the blessing of the babies, is this weekend being replaced by a family day. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the Novena has gone virtual this year with over 19,000 ...

25 Jun 2020 at 10:00

Local News

“‘I can’t breathe’. Three words that express so much of what’s wrong with world today” — hard-hitting homily at Limerick Novena

THE three small words "I can’t breathe" describe so much of what is wrong with the world today, worshippers tuning into The Limerick Novena have heard. In a hard-hitting homily on the opening day of the hugely popular Novena in Limerick city, Fr ...

20 Jun 2020 at 11:57

Community

Full house for annual Novena celebrations in Limerick city

THOUSANDS of worshippers flocked to Limerick on Friday to take part in the first day of the annual Novena celebrations at Mount St Alphonsus. The Novena will continue at the Redemptorist Church on the South Circular Road until this Saturday ...

18 Jun 2019 at 17:00

Community

Fortnight of Novena events begin in Limerick under 'celebrating family' theme

THOUSANDS of worshippers from all over the Mid-West will travel to Limerick this week for two annual Novena celebrations in the city and county. As the solemn Novena in Kilmallock comes to a close this Saturday, the well-known celebration ...

15 Jun 2018 at 06:03

Community

Godsend: Limerick Redemptorists' Novena is more popular than ever

A CHORAL whir reverbates in the church, loud enough to breeze past the timber doorway, low enough to be outsung by the chorus of murmuring worshippers who are eager to begin their nine days of prayer. One by one, men and women of ...

22 Jun 2018 at 17:00

Community

Praying for ‘family first’ in Limerick as hundreds gather for Novena

THE POET Langston Hughes once wrote that the rain, however miserable, sings us lullabies. This time, it is the choral hum trickling from the Redemptorist Church that has put Friday morning’s drizzle to sleep. As hundreds ambled ...

18 Jun 2018 at 20:00

City

'Munster final of religion': Limerick Novena's preparation for Pope Francis

THIS YEAR’s Novena celebrations in Limerick city centre will form part of major preparations for a triennial Catholic Church event in Dublin, which it is hoped Pope Francis will visit. From June 16 to June 24, up to 100,000 ...

10 Jun 2017 at 09:00

Crime and Courts

Novena extended to Limerick Prison for first time in its history

FOR the first time in its history, Limerick’s annual Solemn Novena will be extended to some 250 male and female inmates at Limerick Prison. The Redemptorists at Mount St Alphonsus and Bedford Row Family Project, which ...

16 Jun 2017 at 06:45

Community

'Home is You and Me': 100,000 to attend Limerick Novena celebrations

SHORTLY after the break of dawn on Friday morning, the first hymns of the annual Solemn Novena celebrations could be heard, echoing from the Redemptorist Church in the city. The first round of prayer sessions started ...

19 Jun 2017 at 16:20

Local News

Limerick Novena set to draw 100,000

UP to 100,000 people are set to attend Limerick’s upcoming annual Solemn Novena over nine days in the city. A landmark ‘festival of faith’ in the local religious calendar, the novena, running from June 17-25, draws ...

07 Jun 2016 at 07:00

Local News

'Strong sense of community' as Limerick Novena begins

THOUSANDS have commenced the annual nine-day Novena celebrations and prayer service in Limerick city this Friday morning. Considered to be one of the largest religious gatherings in Ireland, the Novena kicked off ...

17 Jun 2016 at 15:50

Breaking News

Limerick Novena reaches masses on 'digital highways'

‘WHEN Jesus said ‘Go out on the highways’ he meant the roads, and today that means digital highways.’ That’s the modern interpretation of Jesus’s message by Fr Seamus Enright, rector of the Redemptorists at ...

13 Jun 2016 at 13:05

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