Catholics from all over Ireland gathered to pray in Derry on Saturday as part of the first Worldwide Marian Procession, held in conjunction with hundreds of parishes across the globe. With the support of Derry’s local ordinary, Bishop Donal McKeown, a full day of Marian and Eucharistic devotion was held in the Northern Irish city at the weekend.
Wending its way from the Catholic housing estate of “the Creggan” down through the city in the shadow of its many church spires, the procession saw Catholics take to the streets once more – but with peaceful prayer and joyful hymns.
