Cardinals Dinner

His Eminence, Justin Cardinal Rigali of Philadelphia (left) and His Eminence, Edward Cardinal Egan of New York vest for Mass prior to the Seventeenth American Cardinals Dinner.

The entrance procession into the Cathedral of Saint Mary in Miami for the Mass prior to the dinner.

Very Reverend David M. O'Connell, C.M., President of The Catholic University of America, was the homilist.

Archbishop Favalora with CUA seniors Maureen McGough, of St. Petersburg, Fla., Jack Reilly of Wayne, Pa. and Kathryn Besheer of Dayton, New Jersey.

The American Cardinals, along with CUA President Fr. David M. O'Connell, C.M., and His Excellency John C. Favalora, Archbishop of Miami, (standing, center and right-center, respectively). Bishop William E. Lori, CUA Board Chairman and Bishop of Bridgeport, is pictured on the left in the second row.

His Eminence, Adam Cardinal Maida, greets dinner guests immediately following the dinner.

His Eminence, Roger Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles, reads the American Cardinals Encouragement Award Citation.

A table side view of the American Cardinal Dinner in Miami.

Fr. O'Connell, standing before the CUA Crest projected onto a Miami art-deco backdrop, addresses those gathered for the Sixteenth American Cardinals Dinner on January 28, 2005.