Recently, over a million spectators converged on Times Square to watch the annual ball drop bringing in the new year.As the large milling crowds were looking up, one wonders how many of them noticed a statue of a man wearing the uniform of an American soldier of a century ago, a Celtic cross at his back, watching over them. Yet the man depicted is not armed with a rifle, but … [Read more...] about Fr. Francis P. Duffy “…a very Irish, very Catholic, very American person”
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President’s Message January 2013
I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year. Our next meeting will be held on Friday, January 25 at 8pm.Welcome aboard to new members Bill Horan,Matt Miller, and Kieran Murphy. Thanks to all our volunteers for making our Christmas parties so special and to Bill & Trish Lee as well as all the volunteers who made our Pot OâGold final drawing such a … [Read more...] about President’s Message January 2013