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Image Gallery - Polish Community - Blessing of Food on Holy Saturday - 2011

01 The Polish community of Co. Longford gather for their traditional blessing of food on Holy Saturday

02 Families placing the baskets of food around the steps of the sanctuary

03 Finding space for one more basket

04 Baskets of food on the steps of the sanctuary

05 Hard boiled eggs and sausages in this food basket which are eaten on Easter Sunday morning

06 Children's goodies in this food basket

07 A beautfiul Easter scene at 12 noon on Holy Saturday at St. Mel's Cathedral Centre

08 Some of the 500 people present awaiting the start of the ceremony

09 Fr. Brendan and Marta who acted as translator before the ceremony

10 The ceremony in progress

11 Blessing the food with holy water

12 The congregation look on at the Cathedral Centre

13 Blessing the congregation

14 Retrieving the baskets of food at the end of the ceremony

Top Left Image - Inside St Mels - Before the fire.