Holycross Novena Begins Today

The annual Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help at Holycross Abbey, Thurles, Co.Tipperary begins today Wednesday

Holycross Abbey 1841

September 8th and will continue until September 16th, inclusive.

Those interest in attending should note service times which are as follows:-

Weekdays:
Abbey: 7.00 a.m. – 1030 a.m. – 4.30 p.m. – 7.30. p.m. and  9.30. p.m.
Marquee: 10.30 a.m. – 4.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m.

Confessions: Before, during and after each session.

Sunday times:
Abbey: 7.00 a.m.- 10.30 a.m. – 12.30. p.m.- 2.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m.
Marquee: 10.30. a.m. – 12.30. p.m. – 2.30. p.m. – 7.30. p.m. – 9.30. p.m.
Note: Special Sessions for the sick (anointing of the sick) on Saturday 2.30 p.m. during the Novena.

A special Mass for young people will be celebrated on Saturday Sept 11th at 7.30 pm. and a blessing for infants will take place this coming Sunday at the 2.30pm Mass.

During this Solemn Novena each year thousands of Christian pilgrims gather at this historic Abbey, in search and, more importantly, often finding the spiritual and natural healing they so earnestly seek in their lives.