Our next meeting will be this Friday, December 20th at 8pm. Welcome aboard to new members Gary Hughes and Terence Frize. Congratulations to all the division officers who were re-elected and to newly elected President Chuck Parnow and Vice President Phil Lane. It has been my honor and privilege to serve you these past 14 years and I know that I am leaving you in good hands!

Pete Dunne ran another successful Freeze Your Arse Off golf outing. Jack O’Connor would like to thank co-chair Larry DeGenarro and all the volunteers who worked so hard at the Senior Citizen’s luncheon, especially chef Larry Connell and hall decorators Kat McGowan and Joan Moore. Many thanks to chef Bill Boera and all the volunteers who made our Special Needs Christmas Party so special.

Our Pot O’Gold final drawing party is this Sunday. If you haven’t done so, get your ticket now! Don’t miss out on a chance to win ten grand cash three days before Christmas.

Please join us for our Wren Night celebration on December 26th, we have a spectacular lineup of entertainers.

Phil Sheridan reports the following Good and Welfare news…Please pray for the repose of the souls of Doug Catherwood’s father George and Larry McKeever’s daughter Kim. Many thanks go out to all who attended Pete Engle’s memorial mass, it is hard to believe that it has been a year already. Please keep Dan McKenna in your prayers and say a prayer or two as well for Frank Duffy who suffered a fall.

As always, please keep our wounded warriors in your prayers. I wish you and your families a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.

Yours in Friendship, Unity & Christian Charity,

Dermot O’Connor Moore, President