The Marian shrine at Knock announced Aug. 10 that in addition to postponing the popular Knock Novena and pilgrimage because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shrine and its church would be closed for the Aug. 15 feast of the Assumption of Mary to ensure pilgrims do not arrive anyway.
With the continued easing down of the pandemic, Archbishop John Wong, beginning Aug 9, gave permission to the Sacred Heart Cathedral Parish to start an initiative to serve her parishioners over 70 years and young parents with children below 12 years who have since mid-March been deprived of the Eucharist.
