The Icon of Jesus Our Teacher, commissioned by the Scottish Catholic Education Service to mark the hundredth anniversary of the 1918 Education Act which established Catholic state schools in Scotland, was received into the Diocese of Motherwell from the Archdiocese of Glasgow at a service held in St. Bartholomew’s Church, Coatbridge on Wednesday 10th October 2018. The service was led by Bishop Toal of Motherwell Diocese and Archbishop Tartaglia of the Archdiocese of Glasgow.

The Icon, pictured above right, will reside in a number of churches across the Diocese during the next few weeks.

The Taylor High School Choir sang at the service held in St. Bartholomew’s Church which is the home parish of the Icon’s creator, Bernadette Reilly, who also spoke at the service about the reasons for the inclusion of various aspects of the imagery incorporated into the Icon.

The picture shows the Taylor High Choir in St. Bartholomew’s Church, Coatbridge on either side of the Icon. The musical liturgy was led by Mrs. Kerry McKinlay, Acting Principal Teacher of Music supported by Miss Suzanne Evans, Principal Teacher of Pupil Support. The event was also attended by the Head Teacher, Mr. Gerry McCormick.