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Skip McCormick
Annual Horseshoe Tournament
Sponsored by The Roisin Dubh Pipe Band
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For the 'YouTube' version click -
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GIANTS -
CARDINALS FOOTBALL GAME
Thursday Nov 20, 2008 -
Monday Nov 24, 2008
Phoenix , Arizona
Accommodations at Embassy Suites in Scottsdale Arizona
Bus transportation to and from the airport to the hotel
as well as to the stadium on game day.
A deposit of $400 per person is required by June 1 2008.
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO AOH DIV 7.
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT VINCE CLANCY 581-6950.
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Division 7 Junior Boys and Junior Girls
Annual Spaghetti Dinner
to
Benefit
Make-A-Wish Foundation
May 9 2008 |
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Division 7 LAOH Softball Team |
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New York City - Saint
Patrick Day Parade - March 17 2008
The Ladies of Division 7
marching with the Suffolk LAOH
and
leading the marchers was
Division 7 Roisin Dubh Pipe Band |
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Grand Marshall for 2008 |
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Danny Kissane has been selected by the
members of Division 7, Our Lady of Knock, East Islip NY, as the Grand
Marshall of the “John Reilly Memorial” St. Patrick Day Parade, East
Islip NY on March 2, 2008. Danny is the past president of Division 7 and
a member for approximately twenty years. He resides in West Islip with
his wife, Helen and their three children , Chris, Caitlin and Derek.
Danny is employed by Smith and Wollensky, the quintessential New York
City Steak House, and is the Director of Purchasing. The aides to the
Grand Marshall will be Kevin Kissane, Christopher Kissane, Derek
Kissane, John Kelly and Richard Maher, and the Div 7 L.A.O.H. Ladies
Aide is Alice Faughnan.
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HIBERNIAN OF THE YEAR |
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Congratulations to Vince
Clancy for being awarded as the Hibernian of the Year.
Danny Kissane, the Grand Marshall, congratulates this year’s well
deserved recipient.
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At the well attended Grand Marshall Ball, on Saturday February 3,
2008 at the Irish Coffee Pub,
live entertainment was provided by the ‘Tommy Pollitto and the
Sweetwater Band’ as well as the Roisin Dubh Pipe Band. In addition,
dancers from both The Hunt School
of Dance and the
Mulvihill-Lynch School of Dance paid honor to the Grand Marshall,
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Sue O’Neill, immediate past president of Div 7 L.A.O.H. installs
incoming president, Alice Faughnan as the Ladies Aide to the Grand
Marshall for 2008. |
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St. Brigid's Mass
- Sunday February 3, 2008 |
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THE FUTURE OF OUR ORDER
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On Sunday, February 3, 2008, the Junior Girls of Suffolk County
New York led the procession of the Mass in honor of St. Brigid of
Ireland. The Mass was celebrated at the beautiful Chapel of the Sacred
Heart on the grounds of the St. Joseph’s Convent in Brentwood Long
Island.
The Mass was celebrated by Rev. Sean Gann, of Christ The King parish in
Commack NY. Fr. Sean also elaborated on his Irish ancestry and the role
of St. Brigid.
All the Divisions of Suffolk County were represented at the crowded
Mass. In attendance were Officers of the Divisions of both L.A.O.H and
A.O.H., and most importantly by the future of our order, the
“Junior
Girls of Suffolk County”.
Also in attendance were; National L.A.O.H. Treasurer Margaret Hennessy;
N.Y. L.A.O.H. State Officers; State Chaplin, Sr. Phylis O’Dowd OP, and
President, Kathy Conway.
The Mass was sung by the incredible Hibernian Festival singers who can
only be described as angelic. The entrance and exit procession was led
by the Roisin Dubh Irish Pipe Band from Division 7, Our Lady of Knock,
East Islip N.Y.
After the Mass, at a Brunch held at Division 2, St. Patrick’s Division,
in Babylon New York, eight women, each representing one of the LAOH
Divisions in Suffolk, were presented the St. Brigid Award for their
dedication and immense contributions to the Church and their community.
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Mary Phalen was the
recipient of the St. Brigid Award from Division 7.
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Military Donation Gift Drive
MILITARY COLLECTION
On Sunday, January 20,
2008 , and Wednesday, April 23, 2008, numerous volunteers showed up at the Division 7, Hibernian Hall in
East Islip to assist in the packaging of items. These items will be
shipped to various servicemen and women serving in Iraq.
The items collected were; Wipes and Wet Ones, Playing Cards, Crossword
Puzzles, Hand held games, Jam or Jelly in Plastic Jars, Peanut Butter in
Plastic Jars, Foot powder, Crackers, Writing paper and pens, Sealed
Chapstick, Trail Mix, Disposable Cameras, Oreo Cookies in Plastic
Containers, Chocolate Chips in Plastic Containers, Beefy Jerky, 'Power
Bars' and
Rosaries.
Claudia Troiano and Gerri Muligan, who chaired the event remarked, …”I
want to thank you all for a fabulous turnout today in support of our
troops! It was awesome to see so many people, so many ages, working
together.
We sent out to 56 soldiers, plus an extra 10 boxes to each of the
lieutenants with extra to share with their units. We did deplete most of
our inventory and will need to replenish for the next one, with will be
the second week of March. Please note that we will have to do some fund
rising to raise money for postage also. Special thanks to the Ancient
Order of Hibernians...for their generous contributions, the use of the
facility, and the extra people to help! They have generously offered to
store our leftover inventory and let us conduct our next ‘packout’
there. Thank you, thank you, thank you!”
Claudia also provided a list of soldiers in case anyone would like to
write to them. They love hearing from home. However she cautioned that,
…”Please tell your children not to expect letters back. Sometimes it
happens, but not often.”
The next group of soldiers will probably be some of our own, those who
recently left from Brentwood.
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There is a short video
presentation of the "Pack Out's" on 'YouTube'.
The music comes from a four track CD called "Singing Praises To Our
Troops".
It is performed by the Maud S.Sherwood Elementary School Chorus of Islip
New York.
The Division 7 location is:
http://www.youtube.com/div7aoh
(Future videos will be posted here so not to take up memory space from
the provider.)
If you wish to go directly to the video the location is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSqvchTNd2U
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New York State
Lottery Calendars
I am pleased to announce that I have the 2008
NY State Hibernian Calendars on sale for $25. All calendars are numbered
and the winning numbers come from the evening 3 digit daily number drawn
by the NYS lottery. Daily winners are $25 except for Wednesdays, when
the prize is $50. All calendars will be registered with the NYS board
and prize monies are mailed out immediately. Any questions please see
me, call me or write me an email. I have been buying them for the past
few years and have won several times.
Jerry Delaney
Chairmen
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WARNING - MOVIE - "THE
GOLDEN COMPASS"
As we approach this holiday season you
should be aware of and make your members aware of this new attack on our
faith. On December 7th there is the movie being released called THE
GOLDEN COMPASS staring Nicole Kidman. This movie is primarily advertised
for our children to see. It was written by none other than Philip
Pullman an Englishman that is an avowed atheist!! The fear is that after
seeing this movie, that parents will go out and buy the other books in
this trilogy as Christmas gifts. What is disturbing is that these books
which the movie is the first one of the trilogy series called THE DARK
MATERIALS also written by Philip Pullman. In an interview with Al Roker
on the “Today” show November 2nd Roker mentioned that the Catholic
League is charging that Pullman is selling “atheism to kids”, Pullmans
response was: “Well, you know I always mistrust people that tell us how
we should understand something. They know better than we do what the
book means or what this means and how we should read it, and whether we
should read it or not. I don’t think that’s democratic. I prefer to
trust the reader. I prefer to trust what I call the democracy of
reading. Then everybody has the right to form their own opinion, and
read what they like, and come to their own conclusion about it. So I
trust the reader.”
The Catholic League had a great response, but the matter at hand about
this movie is that it starts out in a very light hearted manner, but the
main goal is to teach our children that there is NO GOD!! In the movie
there are some very strange things, and at the end a boy & girl are
supposed to be depicting Adam & Eve, and then they KILL GOD!!
My only hope as your Catholic Action Chairman is that we get this
message out in time for all our Brothers to see, and make the decision
not to let their children see it. By the way there is already plans if
this movie does well at the box office to go on to the next movie in
this trilogy.
This we must not let happen to our children,
our faith is already under attack by these atheists. But to target the
most vulnerable section of our society, the children.
http://www.catholicleague.org/
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Division 7 Vice-President,
Jerry Delaney, Msgr. Tom Hartman, and Catholic Action Chairmen Jim
McCarthy at the October 21, 2007 Hibernian Memorial Mass. The Mass was
celebrated at St. Mary’s Church with the Hibernian Festival Singers and
the Roisin Dubh Pipe Band. Back at the hall, a continental breakfast was
offered to a capacity crowd. After which, Msgr. Harman blessed and
dedicated the Monuments to the memory of the deceased men and ladies of
Division 7. Bill LePage, Pipe Major, of the Roisin Dubh Pipe Band,
topped the ceremony with ‘Amazing Grace”.
LIST OF DECEASED MEMBERS - CLICK HERE
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Project
Children 5K Walk/Run - Sunday October 14 2007 |
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OVER 300 CONTESTANTS
RUNNERS -WALKERS -
WHEELCHAIRS
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CHILDREN'S AND JOHN CONLEY
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WE CAME - WE TRIED - WE
DID IT
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THE DOG-HERTY'S
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NO SWEAT - A PIECE OF
CAKE!
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THE PERFECT JOB !!
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Junior Girls Car Wash Benefit
On Monday, October 8th, the
Junior Girls of Division 7 held their first “Car Wash” and it was a
great success! The weather was absolutely wonderful as was the
generosity of our Division 7 members and the East Islip Community! The
Jr. Girl’s all took part in the car wash – if they could not be there on
Columbus Day to help wash the cars, these members pre-sold tickets at
various locations!
The Jr. Girls have raised $710.00 that will be used to off set the cost
of raising a Guide Dog through the Lion’s Club.
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Kathy
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At the 94th Biennial N.Y.S. A.O.H./L.A.O.H Convention, which was held in
the Albany Crowne Plaza Hotel, State and Lodge Streets, Albany NY 12207,
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We are proud of our Junior
Boys and Girls
On, Monday, January 8, 2007, the
East Islip Junior Boys and Junior Girls of Division 7, Our Lady of
Knock, East Islip, New
York, presented a check in the
amount of $3,300 to Jim Byrne from the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Suffolk
County.
The money was raised by various
fund raisers sponsored by the Jr. Boys and Girls. Most notable is their
annual
“Spaghetti Dinner” which has
become so large, over the years, it is by reservation only.
The check was presented to Jim
Byrne from Karly Grief and Brian Hanley, presidents of the Jr. Girls and
Jr. Boys.
In accepting the check, Mr.
Byrne thanked the children for their support and stated that this is the
eighth year that they
have consistently contributed.
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The Roisin
Dubh Pipe Band will be celebrating its 25th
Anniversary in 2006.
The banner
displaying this achievement was carried in each of the St. Patrick’s Day
Parade that they marched in.
This is the
New York City Parade. Congratulations to the current band members and
its past alumni!
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GAA CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL
GAA Live Games from Ireland
Every Sunday through September
Saturday's will vary.
Sunday, June 29th
Football
Dublin v. Westmeath 9:00AM
Down v. Armagh 11:00AM
Sunday, July 6th
Football
Cork v. Kerry 9:00AM
Hurling
Kilkenny v. Wexford 11:00AM
Sunday, July 13th
Football
Mayo v. Galway 9:00AM
Hurling
Tipperary v. Clare 11:00AM
If you take the Long Island Rail Road
Use the 'Great River' stop.
Our location is on the South side of the tracks
and about 1/5 mile West.
Check at Hall 631-581-9317 Ext 3
Donation
Directions to A.O.H.
Div 7 Hall
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BLOCK
PARTY
On Saturday July 9, 2005,
Division 7 hosted a "Block Party" for the delegates of the New York State
Convention.
Entertainment in the street was
supplied by Jerry Finley, along with Irish step dancing
performed by dancers from the Hunt School of Dance. Additionally our own
Roisin Dubh Pipe Band performed as well.
All the delegates were unanimous
in that not only did they have a great time but were overwhelmed by the
appearance of the statue of Our Lady of Knock.
Division 7 members who worked on
providing the support for this occasion should be proud of their
accomplishment.
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Where are you?
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Roisin Dubh Web Site
Congratulations to the Roisin Dubh Pipe Band
for establishing their own web site!
Visit this location: http://www.rdpb.com |
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DIVISION OFFICERS FOR 2008 |
| Chaplain |
Fr. Hugh Canon |
| President |
Jerry Delaney |
| Vice President |
Vic Vogel |
| Recording Secretary |
Francis Mac
McFadden |
| Financial
Secretary |
David Ring |
| Treasurer |
Larry Wolf |
| Standing
Committee |
Tom Davis |
| Marshall |
Tom McHugh |
| Sentinel |
Shawn O'Neill |
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CORPORATION OFFICERS FOR 2008 |
| President |
Vince Clancy
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| Vice President |
Don Dobbin |
| Treasurer |
Al Norton |
| Secretary |
Dan Sullivan
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PROJECT CHILDREN
Any member or friends of member's,
interested in hosting a child from Northern
Ireland this year,
please contact
Herman Boyle at 631-277-2377
This is for 4 weeks during the summer, approximately from July 1 through
August 10.
It is a great experience for your children to see how other children
live.
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The victims and the surviving members of families
of the
World Trade Disaster and associated terrorist acts.
Please pray for:
PRAY FOR THE SICK:
In the event of sickness or a death in the family,
please call the Hall at 581-9317 and leave a message.
Chairman of the Committee
on the Sick; John Fitzpatrick
581-5705
or, Missions and Charities Chairlady Liz Colgan,
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Annual dues are now $40 if paid prior to March
17 and $48 if paid after.
If paying by check, please put your member
number on your check.
Payments can be left in the green locked mail
box found just outside the pub room.
If paying in cash, please put your name and
membership number on the outside of the envelope.
Any
member that cannot afford the dues, see the Division President. |
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New Members
Kevin Lyons is
accepting applications for new members. Contact Kevin for applications
and screening information.
Appropriate
attire is requested for the Shamrock Degree.
Application Form
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RESPECT LIFE
For Information
see the
Monthly
Newsletter at the top of page.
RESPECT LIFE
John F. Walsh,
is the Right To Life Chairman for Division Seven.
“See, I will not
forget you. I have carved you on the palm of my hand.” Isaiah 49:15
Please
pray to end abortion.
Our Lady of Knock Pray For Us
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SCHOLARSHIPS
If you have a high school student that may be eligible for an award
see Tom McEnroe for applications. (581-7543)
There will be two, $3000 awards awarded.
All applications must be in by April 15, 2008.
High School graduation and SAT June scores are essential.
Applications are self-explanatory.
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New York State
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Scholarship
Tom Conway, Chairman
New York State AOH offers a
scholarship to a current High School Senior.
Is there a member of your
family who is graduating from High School this June? The New York State
Board generously awards the Austin V. Carew State Scholarship each year
to a deserving student whose parents/guardians are active members and
who have taken their Major Degree. The student must sit for our
scholarship exam which tests knowledge of Irish History. In addition the
student’s SAT scores are also considered in determining the recipient of
the scholarship. Enclosed you will find the necessary information and
application which must be completed for a student to qualify for the
exam. If you have any questions, send me an e-mail message
tomconway35@yahoo.com. Let’s get the news of this scholarship out to
all our members.
Some reminders:
1) Parents or
Guardians of the student must have Major Degree.
2) Student must take
our Irish History exam.
3) SAT scores must be
provided.
4) Applications must
be sent to the Scholarship Chairman by May 25, 2008.
5) Information on the
scholarship exam will follow upon receipt of application.
This scholarship is funded by
the James F. Hayes Memorial Golf Tournament, which will be held in East
Durham.
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Application and Information (Adobe PDF ) |
Application and Information (Word Format) |
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Moved - Moving
If you plan on moving and want to continue to
receive the Newsletter, please give your change of address to Al Norton.
Also, if you know of a member who has moved and is not receiving their
newsletter, please encourage that person to notify Al Norton.
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DISPOSAL OF AMERICAN FLAGS
The Elks Lodge at 199 Islip Ave (Rte 111), Islip NY
has converted an old Mail Box for the disposal of old or worn American
Flags.
They are located North of the Islip LIRR station on
Islip Ave. About one-half block from the "Little House of Shamrocks".
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"TO THE
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