A Pilgrimage to Knock, Ireland, the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock. 19th September 1954. Transcript of the film: A woman and children look at a newspaper with headline 'Pope inaugurates the Marian Year'. Family sat down at tea. The man writes on an agenda 'Pioneer tribute to our Lady'. Council meeting of Pioneer Association with Police, Clergy and laymen. Pilgrims on train including a blind man and people on stretchers and wheelchairs. Crowds attending many carrying rosary beads. Clergy, including

As we celebrate the Jubilee Year, the theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ is indeed a fitting one for Ireland’s International Eucharistic and Marian Shrine. Knock has always been a place of hope and consolation. The message of hope of the Knock Apparition continues to reveal itself every day, through the pilgrims who are drawn to this unique place. The first pilgrims began to visit Knock in the weeks following the Apparition in 1879. By their continuing presence at Knock Shrine, today’s pilgrims follow in