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Ancient Order of Hibernians St Brendan The Navigator Feast Day May 16th Ancient Order of Hibernians St Brendan the Navigator Division Mecklenburg County Division # 2 ISSUE #11 MONTHLY NEWSLETTER VOLUME# 5 November 2013 Our next business meeting is on Tuesday, November 12th at 7:30 PM St Mark’s Parish Center, Room 200/201 2013 Officers Chaplain Father Matthew Codd President Ray FitzGerald Vice President Dick Seymour Secretary Tom Vaccaro Treasurer Chris O’Keefe Fin. Secretary Ron Haley Standing Committee Patrick Phelan Marshall Walt Martin Sentinel Frank Fay Past President Joseph Dougherty www.aohmeck2.org Féadfaidh an Máthair Naofa an dochar de na blianta a ghlacadh ar shiúl ó leat. May the Holy Mother take the harm of the years away from you. President’s Message Brother Hibernians, November is the month where we pray for the souls of the faithful departed. In addition to praying for our deceased family members and friends, let us remember our departed Brother Hibernians, especially the deceased member of our Division, Mike Johns. We ask for continued prayers for Brother Ron Haley as he begins his radiation therapy. I recently spoke with Ron and he is feeling well, all things considered, other than for some tiredness and lingering back pain. We hope he will be up and about and in attendance at our upcoming meetings and events. I wish to thank those Brothers who quickly volunteered to be on call if Ron or Kathleen needed some transportation or other assistance. Also, keep Brother Frank Flynn’s son and daughter-in-law in your prayers as they struggle with their illnesses. We have a future Hibernian waiting in the wings, although we have to wait sixteen years before he’s eligible to join our ranks. Congratulations to Shane and Mary Margaret Lis on the birth of Brennan James Lis, who entered the world on October 16th at 7:44 am (7 lbs 9 oz 19.5 in). Mom and baby are home and healthy. As you recall we had been praying at our meetings for the safe pregnancy and healthy baby and God answered our prayers. I wish to thank Joe Dougherty and Tom Vaccaro, who along with my son, Mike, and I participated in our semiannual cleaning of the Torrence Creek stream near the Stumptown Rd. traffic circle on Oct. 12th. As you drive along Stumptown Rd. approaching the circle you should notice a blue sign recognizing our Division’s efforts in performing this community service. October was Respect Life month and our Division participated in a number of pro-life activities. We had a good turnout at the Room at the Inn Banquet on Oct. 24th. Six Brother Hibernians were in attendance (Joe Dougherty, Dick Seymour, Scott Fisher, Gene Mann, Bill Murphy and I). Our Division has been supporting this organization through our contributions since we were organized in 2009. At the Banquet it was announced that The Room at the Inn will be formally changing its name to MiraVia (Miraculous Way), although its mission remains the same (an alternative for those women who do not want to abort their children). Later in the month, four of our Brothers (Frank Fay, Walt Martin, Bill Murphy and I) spent about an hour in prayer in front of an abortion mill in Charlotte, as part of the National 40 Days for Life Campaign. Although our Division is not sponsoring the event, the Christmas in Ireland Concert/Show will still be taking place on Wednesday evening, December 4th, at the Comedy Zone in Charlotte. Contact Joe Dougherty (704-9426345) if you are interested in obtaining tickets for the show. Our next meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. 12th at 7:30pm in Room 200 of the St. Mark Parish Center. We won’t have access to the kitchen area for refreshments and snacks after the meeting, so after the meeting we will visit the Cork & Cask establishment in Cornelius), which is co-owned by one of our Division Brothers, Brian Fay. Cork & Cask is located at 9624 Bailey Rd., just east of Statesville Rd./US 21. Since the fourth Thursday of the month is Thanksgiving, we will have our monthly social on the third Thursday, November 21st, at the Port City Club in Cornelius 18665 Harborside Drive in Cornelius (off West Catawba Ave., about a mile north of Sam Furr Rd./NC 73). The restaurant is on the same site as the old Harborside and Lattitude 36 Restaurants. The owner also owns the Brickhouse in Davidson, where our Division has met several times. Happy Thanksgiving to all. St. Brendan the Navigator, pray for us! Ray FitzGerald “ Cuimhnigi ar na daoine ar thainig sibh” “Remember the people from whom you came” November Birthdays Richard Seymour Jr. Son of Brother Dick November 1st Leah Greene Daughter of Brother Zack November 2nd Scott Fisher Sr. Division Brother November 4th Gina Vaccaro Daughter of Brother Tom November 10th Christopher Schilling Son of Brother Larry November 9th Joe Dougherty Division Brother November 10th Rob Ledbetter Division Brother November 11th Suzanne FitzGerald Daughter of Brother Ray November 13th Sarah Battle Daugther of Brother Tom November 14th Jim Kelly Division Brother November 18th Laurie Schilling Daughter of Brother Larry November 25th Kierann Fisher Son of Brother Martin November 29th November Anniversaries Debbie & Ray Smith November 11th Jane & Charlie Swengros November 24th Kathleen & Ron Haley November 30th Irish America News ILIR reaches out to 17 states at National GAA event in Cleveland The GAA fans at the North American County Board (NACB) Finals welcomed the volunteers of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) as at least 8,000 from 17 states across the United States descended on Cleveland for the weekend. ILIR’s message was for the Irish and Irish American community to reach out to their Congressmen and remind them that immigration is an Irish issue and one they feel passionately about. Their message to those visiting their information booth was simple, the Irish were locked out by the Irish act in 1965 and the legislation set to go before the House of Congress in the coming few weeks will fix this broken system. President of ILIR Ciaran Staunton was delighted to have the chance to reach out to Irish and Irish Americans from across the country. He told IrishCentral, “It’s amazing to have 100 teams from 36 cities and 17 states all in one field in Cleveland. It was the perfect opportunity to reach out to the fantastic GAA community we have stretching out throughout the country. “What we need to do in the next three weeks as this legislation goes to Congress is burn up the phone lines and speak to our politicians.” Over the summer months, while many took a break, the ILIR was working hard on influencing the 148 representatives in Congress who will, come October, make a decision on the United States comprehensive immigration reform. The legislation, drafted by “the Gang of Seven” headed up by New York Senator Chuck Schumer, will not only provide a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 50,000 undocumented Irish in the United States currently but it will also insure a future flow of Irish so the Irish community in the United States will continue to flourish. The new law will provide 10,500 visas for the Irish annually, an annual quota which currently does not exist. Deirdre Foy, an ILIR volunteer who manned the information booth for the weekend was encouraged by the response of the GAA community. She told IrishCentral, “They really wanted to know what they can do to help remedy the Irish situation and make sure this new bill goes through Congress this fall. This is the best chance we have of fixing this broken system.” They were ready to learn about the situation, the legislation and what came next. Foy added, “What was great was that they were educating themselves and bringing their new knowledge back to their teams, signing up to our Facebook page and pledging to keep informed and help.” However Foy was also surprised by some people’s reactions to the old 2006 “Legalize the Irish” t-shirts hanging from the booth. Some simply thought immigration reform was an issue for those “south of the border” but this is not the case. In fact only 25 percent of the estimated 11 million people living without papers in the United States are from South America. Among those millions are the 50,000 Irish but more importantly there’s those Irish who in the future will look to the United States and be able to receive one of those 10,500 visas. Last week the Central Statistics Office of Ireland released figures showing that every six minutes a person leaves Ireland. Sadly in the year to April 2013 only six percent of these came to the United States, simply because it’s so difficult to get a visa. Where will events such as the NACB Finals and other Irish cultural events be if this continues? Cities & Towns of Ireland Fintown, County Donegal FINTOWN ~ Population approximately 100 with up to 500 including surrounding area Baile na Finne ~ Meaning "Townland of Finn" Fintown is a small hamlet that sits on the banks of Lough Finn approximately 30 km/19 miles from Letterkenny on the Glenties road. Lough Finn is approximately 3 miles long and half a mile wide (5km long and almost a kilometer wide) and sits below the mountains of Aghla (1,961 feet high) and Screig. The drive from Letterkenny takes you over the vast landscapes of Meenaroy where there is scarcely any sign of human habitation. Acres and acres of land and forests making for some wonderful scenery.
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