Major Degree, an Opportunity Not to be Lost.
From President Chuck Parnow This week, I got the opportunity from my employer to work for a day of volunteering at a Habitat for Humanity building sight. While I have lots of stories from that day and it was very rewarding, I had a sad takeaway. The site of the…
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Major Degree
A Major Degree ceremony will be held on December 3rd at the Saint Aedan’s parish meeting center. Doors will open at 10:30am for registration, and the ceremony will run from roughly noon to 3pm. Your incidental cost of the ceremony will be paid by the Division. We can’t overstate how…
President's Message
November President’s Message
President’s Message Our next division meeting will be at the Hibernian House this Friday, November 18th at 8:00pm. Aside from discussing the many upcoming events, we’ll conduct nominations for Division Officers, as well as take nominations for our representatives to the Rockland St. Patrick’s Day parade as Battalion Commander and…
News
Halloween Howl: Saturday, October 29th, 8pm-Midnight
We will once again have our Halloween extravaganza, featuring music by The Rummies. Last year’s party was a great event. $20 per person and there will be a cash bar. We’ll have prizes for the best costumes (costumes encouraged but not required), and there will be a 50/50 (50/50 is also being presold at the pub…
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Pot of Gold Tickets Available
YES! It is that time of year once again. Pot of Gold tickets are once again available. There will be tickets behind the bar, and we’ll have tickets available at our division meeting. Tickets are available to all, so please consider grabbing a few and selling them to friends, neighbors and your friends at work.…
Golf Outing
Congratulations to Sean Walsh and the Golf Committee for a great event last week. The day was a great remembrance for our friend for whom it was in memory of – John Gannon – and we were so happy to have both Kathleen Gannon and John Gannon Jr. there. So many pitched in and spent…
Congratulations to Our Scholarship Winners
Throughout the pandemic, our scholarship committee found a way to continue our scholarship program. At first it meant delivering the scholarships on the student’s front lawn. Later, it was a limited attendance breakfast for the families. Finally, this year, we were back to our full-blown celebration, including a Hibernian Mass followed by a Communion Breakfast…
History
Al Smith, ‘The Happy Warrior’
Alfred “Al” Smith was born on 174th South Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the area where he resided his entire life. He was the son of Catherine (née Mulvihill), the daughter of Irish immigrants from County Westmeath, Ireland, and Joseph Smith, the son of an Italian immigrant; Smith would always identify with…
‘King Kelly’
In the early days of Baseball, Irish Americans dominated the sport and helped transform it into America’s national pastime. Young men made strong through the strenuous physical labor in what were often the only jobs available to them took what little relaxation they had in the new sport and soon came to dominate it and…