Images from the launch events held in Sligo and Roscommon for the publication of a new Lenten Resource.  Nine Irish dioceses - Achonry, Ardagh & Clonmacnois, Armagh, Clonfert, Elphin, Kerry, Killala, Limerick and Tuam - have come together and produced a Lenten Scripture Sharing Group resource booklet entitled Turning Our Hearts to The Lord.

Images from the launch by Cardinal Seán Brady of Catholic Schools Week 2010 and the inauguration of the Catholic Schools Partnership (CSP), which took place on 28 January in the Emmaus Centre, Swords, Co Dublin.

The theme for Catholic Schools Week 2010 is Catholic Schools – a light for every generation. It runs from Sunday 31 January to Saturday 6 February 2010.

Also in attendance at the launch seminar: Bishop Leo O\'Reilly and Sr Elizabeth Maxwell, Co-chairs of the Strategic Task Group on Education; Fr Michael Drumm, Executive Chairperson of the CSP; students from the Sacred Heart School in Drogheda; Sr Eithne Woulfe; Ms Maeve Mahon; Ms Cora O’Farrell; Mc Catherine Wiley; Ms Rosemary Lavelle; Mgr James Cassin; and Mr David Quinn.

Funeral Mass and Burial of Cardinal Cahal B Daly, Archbishop Emeritus of Armagh and former Primate of All Ireland. The Chief Celebrant at the Mass was the successor of Cardinal Daly, Cardinal Sean Brady. Cardinal Daly is laid to rest in the grounds of the Cathedral along side his predecessors Cardinal Ó Fiaich, Cardinal Conway and Cardinal Dalton. Photos by Liam McArdle.

Remains of Cardinal Cahal Daly arrive in the Cathedral of St Patrick, Armagh. After the reception of the remains Mass of the Dead was offered for his soul. The chief celebrant was Bishop Gerard Clifford, Auxilary Bishop of Armagh. Photos by Liam McArdle.

Cardinal Cahal Daly lies in state after Requiem Mass at the Church of St Peter in Belfast. Chief celebrant of the Mass was Bishop Noel Treanor, Bishop of Down and Connor. Photos by Liam McArdle.

Images from the Irish Bishops Drugs Initiative (IBDI) Diocesan Conference which took place on Monday 16 November in Drumalis, Retreat and Conference Centre, 47 Glenarm Road, Larne.

Images from the pastoral visit of Bishop Michael Smith, Bishop of Meath, to Burma. Among the projects supported by the Diocese of Meath, Trócaire and the Society of Saint Columban are youth leadership, vocational training programmes and boarding houses for student education.  Bishop Smith also visited the first HIV hospice centre in Northern Burma run by Irish Columban Sister Mary Dillon from Co Clare.

Images from the launch of The Cry of the Earth, a pastoral reflection on climate change from the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference.  Archbishop Dermot Clifford, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, launched the publication on 10 November 2009 in St Francis of Assisi Primary School in Belmayne, Dublin, beside Father Collins Park, the first wholly sustainable park in Ireland.

 

Images from the Tuam Diocesan Pilgrimage to Gallilee and Jerusalem in October 2009.  The pligrimage leader was Mr John B McLoughlin and the Chaplain was Fr Tod Nolan. Pilgrims renewed their Baptism vows in the River Jordan.

Images from the meeting  between Four Church Leaders and PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott which took place on 2 November 2009 in Cardinal Brady’s home in Armagh.  The Church leaders were Cardinal Seán Brady, Archbishop Alan Harper, Reverend Donald Ker and Reverend Dr Stafford Carson and areas covered at the meeting included the importance of developing community policing, the current security situation and anti-social behaviour in our society.