Mass on Feast of the Assumption will be televised from Knock Basilica

THIS Sunday (August 15), the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, Fr. Richard Gibbons, P.P., will celebrate a televised Mass from Our Lady’s Basilica in Knock.

Attendance at the Mass will be restricted to 200 people on a first-come, first-served basis with strict queuing systems in place.

The liturgy will feature music by the Schola Cantorum Basilicae, under the direction of Úna Nolan, with organist Charles O’Connor.

The Mass will also be live-streamed on the Knock Shrine website, https://www.knockshrine.ie/watch-live/.

At 11 a.m. on the feast day, outside broadcast coverage of this Mass, which will be produced by Kairos Communications, will be televised on RTÉ One, on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra / LW252 and also via the Eurovision Global Network, making it available to watch in France (F2), Belgium (RTBF, VRT), the Netherlands (KRO) and Switzerland (RTS, RSI).

The broadcast will also be accessible on the RTÉ Player and RTÉ Radio Player.