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September 2015 Holy Spirit, Denver Room 2 Irish Blessing St Brendan The Navigator Feast Day May 16th St Brendan the Navigator Division Mecklenburg County Division # 2 ISSUE # 9 MONTHLY NEWSLETTER VOLUME# 7 September 2015 Our next business meeting is on Tuesday, September 15th at 7:30 PM Holy Spirit, Denver Room 2 2015 Officers Chaplain Father Paul McNulty President Dick Seymour Vice President Lee Madden Secretary Steve Witmer Treasurer Chris O’Keefe Fin. Secretary Ray FitzGerald Standing Committee Joe Dougherty Marshall Sean Regan Sentinel Ron Haley Past President Ray FitzGerald www.aohmeck2.org Irish Blessing: May you always have, Walls for the winds, A roof for the rain, Tea beside the fire, Laughter to cheer you, Those you love near you, And all your heart might desire. President’s Message St. Brendan the Navigator Pray for Us St. Patrick Pray for Us Erin go Baugh Presidents Message September, 2015 Brothers, It has finally arrived, the second busiest month of the year. This month is of great concern to Brothers of St. Brendan the Navigator Division. One, Brother, Joseph Dougherty is running for NC State President for the term year of 2016 thru 2017. The other is Raymond FitzGerald will be receiving the Tim Lawson memorial award. We need as many af our Brothers as possible to attend the convention to show our support for Joe and Ray. The voting delegates to this convention are the Division President Dick Seymour, elected delegates Chris O’Keefe, Tom Vaccaro and John Bunbury. In addition to the above Joseph Dougherty will also be attending in his capacity as the present NC State Vice President and Raymond FitzGerald in his capacity as State Regional Representative. This month is also the drawing for the “Ireland of your Dreams Raffle”. Ticket sales for our division are going well do to the efforts of Brother Frank Fay. We will still be selling tickets at all masses on August 29 and 30, 2015 at both churches St Mark and Holy Spirit. The last time tickets will be sold at the churches will be on September 12 and 13. The drawing will be at Killington’s Irish Pub on Saturday September 26, 2015. We had approximately twelve brothers attend the mens only nite at the Cork and Cask on August 27, 2015 and a good time was had by all. The State convention and fifty-fifty raffle monies are now due. Please bring all monies and ticket stubs to next meeting or leave them in an envelope in the AOH mail slot in the Monsignor Kerin Center At the next division meeting we will have the final collections for the basket of cheer to be raffled off at the convention. Tickets are $5.00 and all proceeds will go to the division to cover some of our convention expenses. Tickets will be available for purchase at the next meeting. At present items received are Irish Music CD’s and two bottles of Whiskey. Please remember all Brothers, especially Ron Haley, Walt Martin, Bob O’Brien, Frank Flynn, Deacon Bob Murphy, Dave Foley and all clergy, brothers and family members who are ill in your prayers. Dick Seymour President St Brendan the Navigator Division Ancient Order off Hibernians September Birthdays Naomi Bourque Wife of Brother Brian September 1st Ella Donahue Daughter of Brother Jon September 3rd Jim Leary Division Brother September 4th Shane Lis Division Brother September 6th Susan Phelan Wife of Brother Patrick September 6th Sarah Daniels Daughter of Brother Mike September 7th Kenneth Mescal Son of Brother Paul September 7th Karen Wood Wife of Brother Patrick September 8th Stella Egan Daughter of Brother Billy September 8th Nikki Smith Daughter of Brother Doug September 10th Kate Kelly Wife of Brother Jim September 12th Celine Codd Mother of Father Codd September 12th Katie Egan Daughter of Brother Billy September 12th Mary Margaret Lis Wife of Brother Shane September 13th Richard Murphy Son of Brother Robert September 13th Brian Fay Division Brother September 14th Brooke Brady Wife of Brother Mark September 15th Ron Haley Division Brother September 17th Nancy Dougherty Wife of Brother Joe September 17th Amy Fay Daughter of Brother Frank September 18th Caitlin Byrne Daughter of Brother Frank September 19th Jamie Kelly Son of Brother Jim September 19th Ainsley Donahue Daughter of Brother Jon September 23rd Scott Stephan Division Brother September 24th Kristine Golden Daughter of Brother Denny September 25th Julie Schilling Daughter of Brother Larry September 26th Katherine Greene Daughter of Brother Zack September 27th Ted Leahy Division Brother September 27th Eileen Haley Daughter of Brother Ron September 27th Billy Egan Division Brother September 27th If I missed anyone’s birthday, please let me know. Joe D September Anniversaries Erica & Jason Atkins September 2nd Violet & Frank Flynn September 7th Michelle & Scott Fisher September 8th Karen & Patrick Wood September 10th Arlene & Jim Brady September 11th Kate & Jim Kelly September 17th If I missed anyone’s anniversary, please let me know. Joe D ASK A FRIEND or FAMILY MEMBER TO JOIN YOUR DIVISION Division Calendar of Events for September 2015 September 5th – Irish Movie Night, St Mark’s Hall, 7:00 PM September 15th- Division Business Meeting, Holy Spirit 7:30 PM September 18th to 20th - NC State Convention, Clarion Hotel, Greensboro September 26th – Division Social & Drawing for the Trip to Ireland raffle Killington’s Pub, Huntersville, NC Irish Movie Night When: September 5 th 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Where: St. Mark's Parish Hall The Saint Brendan division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians is proud to present its third “IRISH MOVIE NIGHT” at St Mark’s. The movie, “Michael Collins” is an "R" rated film due to violence and language so it would not be suitable for children. This is the story of the man that led the fight for Irish independence. Admission is FREE! Popcorn and other refreshments will be available for purchase, at much lower prices than in a theater. The film will be shown on a screen and not on a TV. For any further information: Contact: Joe Dougherty, 704-942-6345 or at [email protected] Irish America News The Irish who signed the Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is a physically beautiful document and when I was a kid I had an image of it on my wall. There were Irish names, including "McKean" on that original parchment, and that gave me the story I needed to feel at home here like a native. My love of country, the United States, and of my heritage (Irish) converge in that document because I acknowledge the Irish who risked their lives to sign it. Among the citizens who signed what could have been a death warrant, were at least eight Irish Americans, three born in Ireland. Many of them were Orange Irish or Scotch Irish who hated monarchy, and whose spirit of independence is at the heart of the Republics they would crucially help found in America and Ireland. Their brand of Irish defiance saw right through British imperialism, and used Enlightenment Republican ideals to create an alternative society for free people. Thomas McKean Thomas McKean (March 19, 1734 – June 24, 1817) was the son of William McKean from County Antrim (Aon Troim) who came to Pennsylvania via the city of Derry (Doire) as a child and later married Letitia Finney whose family had also emigrated from Ireland. Thomas would become an American lawyer and politician, serving as President of Delaware, Chief Justice and then Governor of Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and served as a President of Congress. Thomas McKean led the movement in Delaware for American independence and served as commander of a patriot militia group known as the Pennsylvania “Associators.” Charles Carroll Charles Carroll of Carrollton in Maryland (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832) was the only Catholic and the longest-lived signatory of the Declaration of Independence, dying at age 95. He was held up by Catholic Americans as tangible proof of their patriotism and loyalty in America which was run by a largely WASP establishment until JFK's election. He is descended from the noble Gaelic family of Tipperary, Clan Ó Cearbhail who trace their origin to The Cianachta, a tribe recorded to the third century CE. He was born in 1737 in Maryland—the only colony tolerant of Catholic emigration, thanks to Lord Baltimore. James Smith James Smith was born in Ireland in c.1719 and was forced with his family to emigrate to the American colonies as a boy due to abuse by landlords. The name "Smith" in Ireland is oftentimes a translation of MacGabhann, which is an older Irish name meaning "son of Goibhniu," who was the Celtic deity of metallurgy. Smith emerged as a leading lawyer of his day and wrote legal opinions denying constitutional power of Great Britain over the colonies in America. He also urged, as Jonathan Swift would do in Ireland, an end to the import of British goods. He raised a militia group in York, PA and joined the American Continental Congress in July 1775, a year before the Declaration was ratified. Smith would become a member of the Continental Congress 1776-1778, and served in the War of Independence as a Colonel of Pennsylvania Militia 1775-1776. He was killed on July 11, 1806. George Taylor George Taylor was born in Antrim, Ireland in 1716 and emigrated to America in 1736 at the age of 20. Taylor operated a furnace and was an iron manufacturer in Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence, 1774-1776, and of the Continental Congress, 1776-1777.
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