Ara Coeli
Cathedral Road
ARMAGH BT61 7QY
Tel (028) 3752 2045
Fax (028) 3752 6182
Email: [email protected]
Administrative Staff:
Mrs Caroline Hicks
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Mrs Donna Gray
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Mrs Kathy Lennon
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Chancellor:
Very Rev Michael Toner PP
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Assistant Chancellor:
Rev Paul Murphy
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Diocesan Secretary:
Rev Colm Hagan
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Financial Administrator:
Mrs Brenda O’Hare
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Media Queries:
Mr Martin Long – Tel: 01 5053010
Mobile: 086 1727 678
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Following his general audience in St Peter’s Square on 17 October 2007, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI announced the names of 23 prelates to be created cardinals in a consistory to be held on 24 November 2007, the eve of the Feast of Christ the King.
Archbishop Seán Brady was one of the 23 nominated; On these pages you will see some of the texts and photographs associated with that wonderful occasion in the life of our Archdiocese.·
The documents released on the occasion are listed below as PDF links.
“The new cardinals come from various parts of the world,” said the Holy Father. “And the universality of the Church, with the multiplicity of her ministries, is clearly reflected in them.·
Alongside deserving prelates who work for the Holy See are pastors who dedicate their energies to direct contact with the faithful.”
He went on: “There are other persons, very dear to me who, for their dedication to the service of the Church, well deserve promotion to the dignity of cardinal.· In the future I hope to have the opportunity to express, also in this way, my esteem and affection to them and to their countries of origin.”
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Pope Benedict entrusted the future cardinals: “to the protection of Mary Most Holy asking her to help each of them in their new tasks, that they may know how to bear courageous witness in all circumstances to their love for Christ and for the Church.”
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Documents·
Pope Benedict XVI’s Announcement
Cardinal Brady’s Address on announcement of Creation as Cardinal
Explanation of Responsibilities of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
Address to Media after Consistory, in Irish College, Rome
President McAleese’s Speech at the Irish College
Archbishop Dermott Clifford’s Homily at Mass of
Thanksgiving after the Consistory
Remarks by An Taoiseach when he greeted Cardinal Brady on his return home
Message of Welcome from Bishop Gerard Clifford
Cardinal Brady’s Homily at Homecoming Mass in Armagh Cathedral
Cardinal Brady’s Homily at Titular Church of Saints Cyricus & Julitta
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Cardinal Seán Brady, a native of Laragh, Co. Cavan, Diocese of Kilmore, was born in August 1939. He was educated at Caulfield National School, Laragh, St Patrick’s College, Cavan, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, and the Irish College, Rome, where he was ordained in February 1964. He received a Doctorate in Canon Law at the Lateran University in 1967.
His first appointment was as professor in St Patrick’s College, Cavan, from 1967-80. In 1980 he was appointed Vice-Rector of the Irish College, Rome, and in 1987 became Rector of the College, a post he held until 1993 when he returned to Ireland to become Parish Priest of Castletara, (Ballyhaise), Co. Cavan. On 19 February 1995 he was ordained Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, and on the retirement of Cardinal Cahal B. Daly, succeeded as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland on 1 October 1996. He was installed as Archbishop of Armagh on 3 November, 1996.
On Wednesday, 17 October 2007, Pope Benedict XVI announced that Archbishop Brady was to be created a Cardinal. Archbishop Seán Brady was elevated to the College of Cardinals at a ceremony in St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, on Saturday 24 November 2007.
Cardinal Brady is currently Chairman of the Irish Episcopal Conference.
The Archdiocese of Armagh is represented by the pallium, which is the scapular made of lamb’s wool given by the Pope to symbolise the authority of an archbishop. It will be recalled that it was on a journey to Rome to obtain the pallium that St Malachy died in Clairvaux in 1148.
The other half of the shield, Cardinal Brady’s personal armorial bearings, is an adaptation of the ancient shield of arms associated with Mac Brádaigh of Cúl Bhríde, which comprises the district around Stradone in County Cavan. The symbol of the sun, a notable feature of the family arms, has been replaced by a representation of the head of the Cross of Saint Muireadhach, the celebrated scriptural Cross at Monasterboice, which lies within the Archdiocese of Armagh. The shield therefore directs our attention to the Cross – the abiding symbol of our salvation.
The motto JESUM CHRISTUM COGNOSCERE, (To know Jesus Christ) chosen by Archbishop Brady, is inspired by the words of St John’s Gospel: “Eternal Life is this: to know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent” (17.3). St Paul refers to “the supreme advantage of knowing Jesus Christ” (Phil. 3.8) and insists that he is “preaching a Crucified Christ” (1 Cor. 1.23). Knowledge is the basis of love and the Christian, whether lay or cleric, priest or bishop, strives to know Jesus Christ in order to love him and to preach him.
Cardinal Brady’s Address is: Ara Coeli, Cathedral Road, Armagh, BT61 7QY
Tel (028) 3752 2045 Fax (028) 3752 6182
Email [email protected]
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This High Cross was erected in the Parish of Termonmaguirc, Co Tyrone, to celebrate Jubilee 2000. It was blessed by Archbishop Seán Brady on Sunday, 10 September 2000. It sits in an area known as Fód na Marbh (sod of the dead) and is 24 feet high.
It features scenes from the lives of Irish saints. It has a 21st century depiction of the historic moment when Pope John Paul II inserted a prayer of reconciliation into the Western Wall in Jerusalem during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in March 2000.
Best described as ‘a prayer in stone’, some of the cross’s other motifs and panels include: The Nativity, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection, The Assumption of Our Lady, Christ preaching the Beatitudes, the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes, the three patrons of Ireland – Ss. Patrick, Brigid and Columcille, St Oliver Plunkett, St Teresa of the Child Jesus, St Malachy, an emigrant boat, the sacraments and family life, the Archbishop of Armagh’s coat of arms and the motif of the papal visit to Ireland in 1979.
The Cross at Ardboe is unusually tall standing some 20 feet. It is profusely decorated by abstract motives and by a comprehensive series of figure sculptures which are treated with exceptional detail and fullness. Its ornateness sets this cross among the most distinguished of the Irish monuments.
The cross stands on a two-part base, the lower stone rectangular and flat-topped and surmounted by a smaller stone cut in truncated pyramidal form. The base is undecorated except for a simple roll moulding defining the sides. From the base the shaft rises to a band or collar, slightly wider than the sides of the shaft. Above this band the lowest part of the head is treated as a panel above which the open ring, decorated with billets, surrounds the intersection of the arms with the shaft. The cross is finished with a house-shaped cap.
Abstracted from Seanchas Ardmhacha, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1956) p. 81
The High Cross of Donaghmore now stands outside the churchyard wall in the village street. It is recorded that the cross formerly stood within the Abbey grounds, where, during the religious conflicts of the late 17th Century, it was pulled down and seriously damaged. In 1776 the fragments were removed and set up on the present site.
The monument consists of a two-tiered base on which is an incomplete length of shaft, surmounted in turn by a portion of shaft with an open ring cross-head. The head is much injured, the two upper ring arcs are gone, the top of the shaft broken and the cap missing.
Abstracted from Seanchas Ardmhacha, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1956) p. 85
In the old graveyard of Errigal Keerogue is a massive sandstone cross. Between six and seven feet in height it consists of a shaft of about one foot in width, surmounted by a circular solid head, 2 feet 4 inches in diameter. Above this head the shaft projects about seven inches and at each side the arms, which are extremely short, protrude by an inch or so. It is clear that the cutting of this monument was never completed, perhaps on account of the serious flaw in the stone. One can clearly see the worker’s guide lines in the stone.
Abstracted from Seanchas Ardmhacha, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1956) p. 88
In the churchyard of St Jarlath’s Church, Clonfeacle, is a massive sandstone cross set on a modern base. It is said that this monument formerly lay prostrate in a place nearby which is known as the “Nine Wells”.
Abstracted from Seanchas Ardmhacha, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1956) p. 84-85
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