Mass held in St Columbs Church in Watersside for victims of Annie’s bar massacre
The theme for this year’s Novena is the ‘Year of Vocations to Diocesan Priesthood’.
There is a shortage of priests across the island of Ireland at present.
Some of the guest speakers include: Martina Purdy, former BBC NI political correspondent, Dana Rosemary Scallon, Bishop Cullinan, chair of the Irish Bishops’ Council for year of vocations; Aoife O’Neill, youth coordinator at Carmelite Retreat Centre Termonbacca; and Fr John Joe Duffy, Parish Priest in Creeslough.
