GAA great and former Rose of Tralee to speak at Novena near Carlow Town
Olive Foley - who is the wife of the late Irish and Munster rugby star Anthony Foley - will also speak
An All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer who has overcome a gambling addiction and a former Rose of Tralee who is part of the LGBTQ community are among the speakers at a popular Laois Parish Novena near Carlow Town.
Armagh great Óisín McConville, Mayo Rose Maria Walsh will also be joined at the Graiguecullen Killeshin Parish Solemn Novena by Olive Foley who is the wife of the late Irish and Munster rugby star Anthony Foley.
Among the other speakers at St Clare's Parish Church are Bishop Fintan Monahan Bishop of Killaloe.
The Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help begins on Monday, April 29 and will run for nine consecutive Monday nights.
The theme for this year’s Novena is: “The importance of faith in our daily lives”.
The full list of guest speakers for this year’s Novena is as follows:
29th April Gerry O’Hanlon Jesuit Center for Faith & Justice
6th May Olive Foley Wife of the late Anthony Foley, Munster & Irish Rugby Player
13th May Maria Walsh 2014 Rose of Tralee
20th May Bishop Fintan Monahan Bishop of Killaloe
27th May Marian Curran Lecturer University College Belfast
3rd June Oisín McConville former Armagh County GAA player
10th June Julieann Moran World Missions Ireland
17th June Fr Derek Ryan CSSR Redemptorist Priest
24th June Deirdre Ní Chinneide Director of Sli Aonghusa retreat centre on Inis Mór.
During Lent, the parish invites people to place their petitions in the petition boxes in St Clare’s Parish Church.