Chris Cooke

On Sunday, April 28th, AOH St. Patrick’s Division 2 (Suffolk County, Long Island, NY) held a Shamrock Degree. Division President Jim McGrath welcomed 21 new Brothers into the Order. Refreshments were enjoyed by all after the Shamrock Degree. With the newly installed Brothers, this brings the total membership of St. Patrick’s Division 2 to 514. Division 2’s Organizing Team (led by Brothers Kevin Vaughn, Frank Collins, Mark Tynan and John Faust) are planning another Shamrock Degree in the early Autumn of 2024. … [Read more...] about AOH St. Patrick’s Division 2 Installs New Brothers

IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH PROCLAIMED IN THE TOWN OF BABYLON L-R: President Jim McGrath; Town Supervisor Rich Schaffer, Town Councilman and Hibernian Terrence McSweeney LINDENHURST, N.Y. – On Wednesday, February 28th , Town of Babylon proclaimed March as “Irish American Heritage Month”. Town of Babylon officials stood alongside President Jim McGrath and Past Presidents of St. Patrick’s Division 2 on Wednesday, February 28th at Babylon Town Hall to proclaim March 2024 as Irish American Heritage Month in the Town of Babylon, Long Island. The proclamation was made by Town of … [Read more...] about Town of Babylon Proclaims March 2024 – Irish American Heritage Month

On Tuesday, around 100 volunteers packed the Cottleville Knights of Columbus to help the non-profit No Hunger Holiday assemble each box, which includes a turkey and fixings for a Thanksgiving meal at home. The turkeys are the result of donation drives held at several area high schools. The 40 partner organizations help cover seven counties (St. Charles, St. Louis, Warren, Montgomery, Lincoln, Pike and Franklin), along with the City of St. Louis. This is the 33rd year for No Hunger Holiday and it’s just incredible to see everyone come together, from high school students to firefighters to … [Read more...] about No Hunger Holiday in Missouri

The Fr. Sean O’Shea Hibernians of Reno County Kansas Hosted a Golf Tournament on Friday August 4th of 2023 at Crazy Horse Golf Club. The inaugural “Tom’s Tournament” was held to remember a friend of the Hibernians Tom Hammersmith, and to support his surviving wife and children. 128 friends of Tom’s showed up to remember a friend and to raise money for his family. All proceeds from the event were given to Tom’s family. … [Read more...] about Inaugural Tom’s Tournament Smashing Success

The 2023 Hartford Irish Road Bowling Tournament was held on July 29 and the winning team came from LAOH Division 36 in Worcester, Mass. The winning team was: Meghan McGuirk, Deb Donovan, Julie Jarry and Deb Haglund. The Jamie Forzono Trophy was presented by Sue Forzono (far left) and AOH Hartford Brother Nick Forzono. The Hartford Irish Road Bowling Tournament was held on Saturday, July 29 by the Hartford AOH Division 2, in conjunction with Riverfront Recapture. The event marked the third-straight year that Irish road bowling tournament returned to the area and attracted … [Read more...] about Hartford Irish Road Bowling Tournament

6-months in the making, on March 28th AOH Suffolk County President, Bill Gorham; Past AOH NewYork State President, Vic Vogel and AOH Suffolk County, Director or Public Relations, JimKillen journeyed into Manhattan to meet with His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan.In the September 15, 2022 Catholic Faith Network newsletter, Cardinal Dolan wrote about hismore than 2-dozen pilgrimages to Mass Rocks in Ireland. Coincidently, 3-days later onSunday, September 18, 2022, with AOH Suffolk County Chaplain Fr. Henry Reid andcommittee members Gorham, Vogel, Killen, Patrick Spero and Joe Kelly, AOH Suffolk … [Read more...] about Mass Rock – Cardinal Timothy Dolan Interviews AOH Suffolk County

AOH Hartford Division 2 held a wreath laying ceremony at the Irish Canal Workers Monument in Windsor Locks, Conn., on Sunday, March 19. The memorial, dedicated by Hartford AOH in 2022, remembers a forgotten Irish-Catholic cemetery in Windsor Locks. The memorial honors the 400 immigrant laborers who left their homeland in Ireland and came to the area between 1827-1829 to build a canal. In particular, the memorial remembers those canal workers and family members that are buried in an unmarked cemetery that is located about 100 yards and across the canal from where the memorial is … [Read more...] about AOH Hartford Honors Irish Canal Workers

AOH Nashville sponsors a St. Patrick art contest for second graders and sixth gradersdiocesan wide. Several weeks prior to the contest, students receive instruction and lessonson the virtues of St. Patrick and biographical information. Second graders color a picture andwrite an essay espousing those virtues and the lessons they learned about him. The sixthgraders learn about St. Patrick in similar fashion but engage in a project of their choice whileutilizing higher-level critical thinking skills. This year’s winners ranged from a beautifulwatercolor painting with a lovely authentic prayer … [Read more...] about St. Patrick’s Contest – AOH Nashville

This past weekend members of the St Charles Missouri AOH collected donations for the St Vincent de Paul Society and gave those donating a green silk carnation. The members have been doing this now for 15 years on the Sunday before Saint Patrick’s Day at local parishes throughout the region. Pictured left to right Mike Tobin, Leo Tevlin and Rocky Reitmeyer at All Saints Church, StPeters, Missouri … [Read more...] about Green Carnation for Saint Patrick’s Day