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St. Patricks Monthly
A Newsletter from Division 2, AOH
April 2017
Hello everyone,
Spring is finally here. Hopefully we are past the harsh weather of winter and moving towards the days of warmth and sunshine. I'd like to start with our 71st St. Pat-rick's Ball. To say it was a wonderful night would be an under statement. You could feel the love for our Hiber-nian of the Year Jimmy Reilly. It was a cold night, so Jimmy stayed home to be safe. You could feel his pres-ence the whole evening. Thank you to everyone who could make it to make the night special. I'd also like to thank the men and women who made the night possible. Jim Killen's committee worked many hours on pulling off a special evening. Billy Weiss and his staff did a great job in tight quarters. The bar staff did their usual great job to keep the night flowing. There is a lot of working parts to make the Ball work. Please feel free to join the Ball committee or any of the other committees Division 2. Your input and participation are want-ed and needed. Just one more thing to mention about the Ball, I want to compliment the entire Reilly family. Jimmy is a lucky man to be surrounded by such love and respect. It's an honor to have Jimmy as a friend and it is won-derful to get to know his family better. He couldn't be in better hands. When you get this newsletter, we will have marched in the NYC St. Pat-rick's Day parade. I hope you had a great day. Thank you to Father Ste-ven for celebrating mass with us. The parade is a day of pride. It is our chance to show the world our love of faith and heritage. The men of Division 2 will hold nominations for two seats that are open. The two positions open are for
Recording Secretary and Financial Secretary. Please see Matt Buckley and Bob O'Shea with your interest in the two open positions. Nominations will be announced at the April meeting with an election in May. Have a blessed Easter. Enjoy cele-brating mass, spending time with your family and friends and bask in the love of our Lord. In Our Motto Tom Bennet
To the full membership,
The offices of Recording Secretary
and Financial Secretary are vacant.
An election for the open positions will
Election Notice
be held at the May meeting. Please
see the head of the nominating com-
mittee Matt Buckley with your inter-
est.
REMINDER…. Your annual AOH
dues are now due. Dues are $50. A
late fee of $25 will be applied to all
unpaid dues after the April 3rd
Divi-
sion meeting. Leave your Dues at
the lounge Attn: Financial Secretary
or mail them to AOH Division 2, 27
Locust Ave. Babylon NY 11702 Attn:
Financial Secretary. Don’t forget to
include you latest address, phone
number and email address with your
dues (form in this newsletter).
Dues Notice
At daybreak on the first day of the week the
women who had come from Galilee with Jesus
took the spices they had preparedand went to
the tomb. They found the stone rolled away
from the tomb; but when they entered, they did
not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they
were puzzling over this, behold, two men in daz-
zling garments appeared to them. They were terri-
fied and bowed their faces to the ground. They said to them, “Why do you
seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised.
Remember what he said to you while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of
Man must be handed over to sinners and be crucified, and rise on the third
day.” And they remembered his words. Then they returned from the tomb
and announced all these things to the eleven and to all the others. The wom-
en were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; the others
who accompanied them also told this to the apostles, but their story seemed
like nonsense and they did not believe them. But Peter got up and ran to the
tomb, bent down, and saw the burial cloths alone; then he went home
amazed at what had happened.
Luke 24 1 : 12
He is Risen!
President’s Message
Division 2 is moving to an electron-ically delivered newsletter.
Have you been getting the E-newsletter delivered to your email inbox?
If not Send an email to
[email protected]. Be sure to In-
clude your full name and email ad-
dress. If you are a member of Divi-
sion 2 AOH or LAOH you will be add-
ed to the group. The E-newsletter is
also posted on http://
babylonhibernians.com and the AOH
Division 2 Babylon NY facebook
page.
I would like to wish everyone a Blessed Easter with their families and loved ones. At our April meeting we will be in-stalling five new members, I know they will receive a warm welcome from our membership. Thank you, Graceanne Sawczyn, for taking care of the applications. Maureen McKean and Moira Kelly co-chaired the 200 Club Fundraiser. All 200 tickets were sold. Stay tuned to find out the lucky winners. First prize $1000, second, third and fourth place winner will receive $100. Thank you for doing a great job and spear-
E-Newsletter
LAOH News
heading this fundraiser! Pat Vaughn and her committee have been working diligently on prep-arations for our annual Fashion Show. Reservations can be made by con-tacting Colette Kavanaugh at (631) 277-0759. Twenty dollars can get you food by Emerald Caterers, seeing fashions by Dress Barn, and a fun afternoon.
Dates to Remember:
April 5 - LAOH Officers meeting 7:30
April 17- County Meeting –Div.4 Hun-tington 7:30pm
April 18 - Ladies Meeting- Rosary-7:30pm
April 23 - Fashion Show-1pm
April 30 - Book Club-4pm-Four Prov-ince Room
Hope to see you at the next meet-ing.
Yours in Friendship, Unity, & Christian Charity, Terry Whalley LAOH President
At our February meeting, the junior girls explored the Irish roots of some US presidents in honor of President's Day. We also prepared St Patrick's Day cards for residents of a local nursing home. The girls also dis-cussed different ways they might reach out to the retired sisters at the Sisters of St. Dominic's Motherhouse in Amityville. We were also happy to welcome our newest member, Enya O’hehir. We had a few members march in the East Islip Parade. We were very proud of their effort on a cold blustery day. The girls looks for-ward to our next meeting on March 24 at 7:30 PM. In our motto,
Mary Gibbons and Lucinda Lauro-Rooney
Prayers were requested for the follow-ing people at the last Division meet-ing. Please keep these people in your prayers this month.
SICK
Bob Muldowney
Junior Girls
Prayer Requests
Mary Alba Kathy Hughes
Deceased
Jimmy Reilly Frank Murray
A BIG OUTREACH THANK YOU!
I want to take this opportunity to
thank all of you who supported our
50/50 raffle that was won by Bob Far-
rell - $683.50 with the second prize of
the Portrait was won by Helena
Kissane.
I would like to thank my Committee
who worked so diligently to make this
event a success. Thank you to the
Corporation for setting up and to the
bartenders Ronnie Rice and Jack
Henry for keeping the libations flow-
ing and Maitre ‘D – Sean Murphy.
Last but not least, thank you Tommy
Polito and Sweetwater for keeping
our afternoon hopping with great mu-
sic. Thanks to the generosity of
those who graced our hall that after-
noon with tangible affirmation, your
generosity was over-whelming thus
enabling us to give each of our eight
Outreach programs $400. To Joe
Hubbard, I hope you enjoy the fixings
for your new bathroom.
Pat Rattigan and Karen Gillespie Co- Chairs
The Spring-like weather brought 80
people to the March 9th meeting. Bri-
an Maher kicked off the meeting with
the history of how he found his ability
to compose rhyming verses at short
notice. Following a recitation of some
samples of past verses, he was put to
the test when it was revealed that Lily
Quinlivan was celebrating her birth-
Parish Outreach
Thank You
Then and Now
The St. Patrick’s Monthly Ancient Order of Hibernians in America
St. Patrick’s Division 2 27 Locust Ave. Babylon NY 11702
631-661-9649 www.babylonhibernians.com
email: [email protected]
Editors…………..……....Mike Gibbons [email protected]
A.O.H President… ………..……..Tom Bennet
Vice President….………...Bill Corrigan [email protected]
Co-Chaplain….. Msgr. Brian McNamar Co-Chaplain….….Fr. Stephen Donnelly
631-285-3311x222
LA.O.H President………………...Terry Whalley
631-669-4978 [email protected]
Vice President…………..…...Mary Gibbons [email protected]
Jr. Girls……………...Lucinda Lauro-Rooney Chaplain………..…….Fr. Stephen Donnelly
CELEBRATING BROTHER JIMMY REILLY.
As we mourn the loss of Jimmy, let us think of the joyous reunion in Heaven on March 17th when Jimmy met his par-
ents and brother Pete, and the Flanagan Family: Francis, Maggie, Mike, Nellie and John; and his good friends Enda
Dodd, Brendan McDonald, Pat Sweeney, Frank Murray, Pat Shannon, Jack McKean and, of course, Saint Patrick.
The Craic must have been mighty indeed!
Jimmy came to Division 2 in 1974 already a Hibernian, on transfer from the Bronx AOH.
His SERVICE to Division 2 and Suffolk County AOH included Division offices and stints as BARTENDER and
MAITRE D par excellence. We honored him on March 11th as HIBERNIAN of the YEAR at our annual St. Patrick’s
Day Ball and are thrilled he was able to attend via Skype.
His CULINARY EXPERTISE was put to work, when he cooked for Communion Breakfasts, Corned Beef & Cabbage
and Prime Rib dinners for both Division 2 and Suffolk County.
He served in the Tara Court Major Degree Team for 40 years and was even Division 2 Santa Claus.
Jimmy epitomized our motto: Friendship, Unity & Christian Charity. His FRIENDSHIP was felt by all. He was a most
GENEROUS and CHARITABLE MEMBER who supported all of our ENDEAVORS.
No one among us can say that Jimmy Reilly offended us and no one has a bad word about Jimmy.
He was a LIKEABLE and LOVABLE CHARACTER.
Jimmy will be remembered most for his KINDNESS, GENEROSITY And GOOD HUMOUR.
Jimmy was a great ENTERTAINER and we shall always remember his rendition of “My Native Town, Drumlish”
and, of course, his signature party piece, “There’s a Hole in the Bucket.”
Unfortunately, the void he leaves in all our lives cannot be fixed by a SINGLE STRAW.
Our families have been friends for more than 40 years and my heart has a big hole in it. I will close with this poem in
his memory:
A loving nature, heart of gold.
The very best this world could hold.
Never selfish always kind.
These are the memories left behind.
We hold you close within our hearts.
And there you shall remain.
To walk with us throughout our lives.
Until we meet again.
Farewell, my friend.
Leo Murphy.
day. In short order, Brian produced a
rhythmic salute to the happy lady.
Kudos and Thanks, Brian.
Jokes and other tall tales were re-
cited by Jack Leahy, Pat Vaughn and
Leo Murphy. Billy provided a season-
al corned beef, cabbage and bangers
lunch. Kathy Mulligan and Lily Gerrity
produced the usual abundance of
desserts.
The next meeting will be on Thurs-
day, April 13th
, 2017 at noon, moni-
tored by A.N.Other. ALL are wel-
come.
John McCormick has volunteered to monitor the May 11
th meeting.
Thank you John.
April 30
th, 2017 4PM
Four Province Room
All are Welcome!!
Non members welcome!
Book to read and discuss
The Ladies Room
By Carolyn Brown
Book Club
YOU KNOW WHAT APRIL 15TH MEANS…
… IT’S THE DEADLINE FOR THE
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
Complete an application that can be found on our website:
www.babylonhibernians.com
Questions?
Brian Maher
(631) 662-1449
GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!
April 2017 Events
Monday Apr 3rd
AOH Division meeting 8PM
Wednesday Apr 5th
Golf League Kickoff meeting 8PM
Wednesday Apr 5th
LAOH Officers Meeting 7:30PM
Saturday Apr 8th
Karaoke in the Lounge 8:30PM
Holy Week Apr 9th
- 16th
Holy week, Hall Closed, No Activities
Monday Apr 17th
AOH Corporation Meeting 8PM
Monday Apr 18th
LAOH Division Meeting 7:30PM
Sunday Apr 23rd
LAOH Fashion Show 10AM
Friday Apr 28th
Junior Boys / Junior Girls 7:30PM
Sunday Apr 30th
Book Club 4PM
EVERY SATURDAY-TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY.
IRISH STEP-DANCING CLASSES EVERY THURSDAY - CHANTER AND BAND PRACTISE
EVERY WEDNESDAY - IRISH LANGUAGE CLASSES EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY - CARDS - PINOCLE 7:30PM
To See the latest calendar go to Division 2 Electronic Calendar
Upcoming Events Sneak Peak
Late February weather, balmy as it was, was short-lived, and morphed into the usual erratic (some might call it insane) March weather! It certainly brings to mind the story of Tantalus, with “true” spring being elusive this year, just as the overhanging fruit was elusive to him. Of course, the first week of March felt like the Twelve Labors of Hercules to those of us with the flu or common cold! But, our big day is in one week, and we hope that good health awaits every-one. Welcome back to accomplished piper Neil McPherson, who returned to the band after a several-year hia-tus. Also, please welcome piper Renee Runyon. Renee, a very good piper, is rumored to be working on a pamphlet about beverage-consumption etiquette, while Pipe Sergeant John Henderson has been touting his home brew as a veritable “Best-in-Class.” On a more somber note, Pipe Major Eric Stein relayed the following: “Please keep Dave McKell and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Dave was a member of the Color Guard in the early to mid 1970's. He was a retired Lieutenant of Suffolk County Police Department. He was an avid poet and his work was in the local papers for many decades.” Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Eric opined about the start of the parade season: “We had a bone chilling start to St Patrick's Month. We had quite a caper in the Kings Park parade with 14 pipers and a full drum corps. Piper Renee Runyon made a splash with her Saffron United debut. Neil McPherson was back on parade after a 10 year hiatus. Saturday evening we played on stage with the icons of Irish Tradition-al music, Paddy Maloney and the Chieftains. This incredible group of musicians have been on the go for 49 years. Back in the early 80's we opened up for the Chieftains at the Hunter Mountain Celtic Festival. I remember Pipe Major Matt Close's excitement the night of the engagement.
Saffron United
Pipe Band
Matt was smoking his pipe and had a huge grin on his face at the after party. The band won the contest that weekend so we had all the glory and a huge payday. This time we got to play two num-bers on stage at the sold out 2100 seat Queens College auditorium. We had a mere seven minutes of rehears-al time with these great masters. We played a tune composed by Paddy in memory of the Irish Soldiers who defected from the US Army dur-ing the war with Mexico. These sol-diers did not want to fight fellow Cath-olics. They we quickly rounded up and hanged. ‘The March of the San Patri-cios' commemorates this incident. We also played a traditional Breton dance tune during the encore. An Dro (the Dance) is a very lively tune which had the house rocking, and many in the audience took to dancing through isles and up and through a crowded stage. John Henderson, Chuck Patterson, Tom Donovan, Bob Farrell, Ken Gilloon, Patrick McLaughin, John Ka-vanaugh II, Nicole Kavanaugh, Maureen and I had a fantastic time. On Sunday we had 15 pipers, a full drum corps and new bass drummer Ryan Zegel as we played in a slightly warmer East Islip parade. After the parade a contingent from the band headed east for the Rocky Point Grand Marshal’s Ball. So the first weekend is in the books and we have a few days rest before weekend two of March Madness.” The Metro Cup results: Piobaireachd 1st Callum Beaumont 2nd Ian K. MacDonald 3rd William McCallum 4th Alex Gandy 5th Bruce Gandy Medley
1st Callum Beaumont 2nd Alex Gandy 3rd Ian K. MacDonald 4th Bruce Gandy 5th William McCallum Overall Metro Cup Champion Callum Beaumont Slàinte! Kevin Ferry
On Saturday March 11, The Division celebrat-ed St. Patrick’s Day. Click on the following image to see photos
On Fri 3/3 the Division started lent with the 3rd annual fish Fry. Click on the pho-to for fish fry
photos.
Click on this photo to see some photos of the St Patrick’s Day Parade in NYC.
St. Patrick’s Ball
Fish Fry
NYC Parade
Division 2 Golf League
The Division 2 Golf League is forming
There will be a kickoff meeting April 5
in the Four Province Room 8:00PM
Play is open to all AOH and LAOH
Many have said they want to play and some have filled out the interest form
Now is the time to register for real,
Visit the activities page at babylonhibernians.com/Members Page and fill out the registration form
Or contact me @ [email protected] or 631-664-6306
You’ll need to know your average score for a 9 hole round or get three 9 hole scorecards (for setting handicaps) by the
first week of play (end of April). If you don’t know your average play a couple of rounds and we’ll calculate a starter average from those scores
LAOH Division 2 Fashion Show
Sunday April 23, 2017
10:00AM – 1:00PM $20.00 pp Adult - $12.00pp Children
Fashons by Dress Barn
And Catering By
Emerald Caterers
For Reservations Contact
Colette Kavanaugh 631-177-0759
Or
Reserve online
http://www.babylonhibernians.com
Select Member Pages and the “Register by Email” Button
You can also register on line at http://www.babylonhibernians.com/Members Page
