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Niall Burgess to Receive Prestigious Macbride Award in New Orleans Promoting Membership in the Order D A T OUR job E ake it Y D M ® rder O M to grow the A T E R I A L —HIS EMINENCE, PATRICK CARDINAL O’DONNELL of Ireland Vol. LXXXIV No. 3 USPS 373340 June-July 2017 1.50 Niall Burgess to Receive Prestigious MacBride Award in New Orleans Niall Burgess, Secretary General of the Department of Foreign the border counties. Affairs and Trade, Dublin, Ireland, will receive the prestigious As a director in the Anglo MacBride award during the National AOH-LAOH Presidents’ Irish Department, a large part dinner in New Orleans this October 14. The award was established of his task was dealing with to memorialize the Human Rights contributions made by Nobel politicians such as the Peace Laureate Dr. Sean MacBride and to recognize the efforts of Reverend Ian Paisley on behalf others who made similar contributions in the cause of peace, of the Irish government, and justice and the economic well being of the Irish people. Niall ensuring that lines of Burgess, who was appointed Secretary General of the Department communication were kept In This Issue… of Foreign Affairs in April 2014, exemplifies everything this award open. In May 2007 Burgess was stands for. appointed Consul General in Project St. Patrick Niall is a descendant of 1916 Rising hero Cathal Brugha New York with a broad range (Burgess in Gaelic). He served as a diplomat on the front line in the of responsibilities, including Niall Burgess historic run-up to the Good Friday Agreement and the shared business, cultural and com - government in Northern Ireland Executive. He lives in Dublin mun ity relations and consular assistance in a 10-state area with his wife, Marie Morgan, and children, Hugh, 20, and Amy, 17. comprising Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, He shares with his son a great fondness for the U.S., American New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and sports and food that he acquired at age 13 visiting Upstate N.Y. West Virginia. cousins during the summer. Niall Burgess suits the criteria of the Sean MacBride Award as a Burgess was born in Dublin and studied archaeology at leader with an active role in the peace process in Ireland, having University College, Dublin. Receiving a university scholarship in participated in the Good Friday Agreement and the on-going work Sr. Fina Whitmore Germany, he learned the German language, which catapulted his toward peace, justice, reconciliation and Irish unity. His work with Page 8 career at the Department of Foreign Affairs. In the 1990's, he came the Irish Immigration Reform Movement leading up to the to the U.S. as Deputy Consul General in Chicago, learning the Morrison Visa Program assured prosperity for a generation of Irish Georgia intricacies of Irish America and the Irish undocumented. immigrants and helped renew Irish and Irish American culture Returning to Ireland, he worked closely with former Irish and relations. President Mary Robinson in Geneva at the United Nations and As Consul General of New York, Burgess promoted Irish served as personal secretary to then Foreign Minister Dick Spring culture, trade and support for the Irish economy on an all-island from 1993 to 1997. He was joint director of the International Fund basis, working closely with the Northern Ireland Bureau. He also for Ireland, the cross-border institution established and funded by continued to support the Irish immigration groups, Irish American the U.S., British and Irish govern ments, which provides a range of organizations and worked closely with the AOH. He was reconciliation and job crea tion programs in Northern Ireland and continued on page 12 Dennis Counihan Promoting Membership in the Order Page 11 New York There is nothing more Irish in America than membership in the the AOH and look for new potential members from around the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the largest and oldest Irish Catholic United States so we may continue our success that began in 1836. organization in the United States. However, like many fraternal The first phase of work for the committee is “Branding” and organizations, we are battling waning membership around the updating our electronic communications. We are creating a country. Most millennials aren’t interested in joining an consistent image of the AOH that will be identifiable organization that seems geared toward their over all electronic platforms as well as print media. We grandparents. Organizations who believe they should need to communicate a consistent message to Irish continue to do things the way they always have are America that attracts membership from every fooling themselves into extinction. We, the AOH, generation and increases awareness of our need young members and we must understand that programs effectively increasing public knowledge Marvin Galvin the needs of the young Irish American are different of the AOH. There is now a subcommittee Page 23 today than they were a generation ago. working to update our electronic media so we are The AOH must focus on the advantages we have prepared to kick off a major online campaign this State News in order to bring in new generations of Hibernians summer. who will continue the great work that began long before Simultaneously, we have a subcommittee to compile Alabama . .13 any of us sought membership in the AOH. Our number one content that we can use to market and promote Hibernian California . .11 advantage is that we are an Irish heritage organization. We are an membership. The first collection of content will focus on “Why Connecticut . .12 organization that ties us to our Catholic faith in a number of I’m a Hibernian.” Initially we will be looking for feedback from Georgia . .11 Ilinois . .12 unique ways beyond Sunday Mass with a number of unique young members and then expanding to our entire membership. Kentucky . .13 programs. Our organizational goal is to demonstrate that the We need your assistance in identifying the young Hibernians with Massachusetts . .13 AOH is the organization that ties all generations of Irish America the membership story that will open the eyes of Irish America and Michigan . .15 together in our common purpose. be inviting to the next generation of AOH members. Missouri . .15 With this in mind, President McKay created a new committee Once these two committees are prepared we will begin our New Jersey . .16 charged with the task of Marketing, Promotion and Advertising. first national advertising campaign. This will be designed to New York . .17, 18 This is not simply a membership committee but rather a market the AOH, recruit new Hibernians, and inform and North Carolina . .11 campaign committee directed at increasing the awareness of the promote the role of the AOH in Irish America. The charge of the Ohio . .18 Pennsylvania . .11, 19 AOH, our goals and our successes around the United States and committee is not a sprint but rather a marathon that will last years Virginia . .7, 8 Ireland. It is a committee designed to promote all our activities into the future. Immediately following each campaign we will Washington, DC . .14 from festivals to communion breakfasts, from Project St. Patrick to evaluate the effectiveness and regroup and recreate our plan for West Virginia . .14 our FFAI Christmas Appeal. It is a committee that will advertise continued on page 13 LAOH . .20 WK$QQXDO ® ,ULVK)DOO)HVWLYDO 77KKXUUVVGD\6HHSSWHPEHU VW NATIONAL BOARD OFFICERS $2+*ROI 7RXUQDPHQW² 30 IHHEHIRUH DQG RQ RU DIWHU Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi – AL . National Chaplain . [email protected] &DSH0D\ 1DWLRQDO *ROI &RXUVH 5RXWH DQG)DLUZUZD\ 'ULYH &0&+ Rev. Michael Healy – CA . Deputy National Chaplain . [email protected] Rev. Patrick Collum – LA . Deputy National Chaplain . 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