Board of Directors

Missio Ireland’s Board is voluntary and independent. Its members oversee governance, budgets, and strategies.

Kieran O’Reilly, SMA, is the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly. He is the Chairman of the National Mission Council of the Irish Episcopal Conference and is the former Superior General of the Society of African Missions. Archbishop Kieran has served as a missionary in Nigeria and Liberia.

Niall Kennedy, a retired businessman, was a Supreme Knight of the Knights of St. Columbanus and an honorary Life President of FIHC Unum Omnes. Secretary General of the International Alliance of Catholic Knights, Niall is also the Chairman of worldpriest.com.

A Sister of Mercy, Sr Liz holds a Ph.D. in psychology. An educator and researcher, she was the Provincial Leader of her congregation and Secretary General of the Association of Leaders of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland (AMRI). Qualified in the areas of governance and charity regulations, Sr Liz also serves on a number of national boards.

A retired school principal, Seamus coordinates sacramental catechesis for children within his parish and assists with the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA). He was a member of the Council for Pastoral Renewal and Adult Faith Development of the Irish Bishops’ Conference and is currently the Secretary General of the International Council for Catholic Men (Unum Omnes).

Head of Religious Studies in St Louis Ballymena, Shauna Rose Pickering comes from a strong background of evangelisation and working with young people both at home and overseas. She is a former vice-chairperson of Friends of Africa and has been on mission in Africa and South America with several missionary congregations from Ireland.

Abbot Brendan is the Abbot of Glenstal Abbey, in Limerick and the President of AMRI. He was a teacher in Glenstal Abbey School, Novice Master and Prior of Glenstal before becoming Abbot. Before entering the monastery he was a priest of Killaloe Diocese and served in the parish of Kilrush, County Clare.