2010 St. Patrick’s Day Parade – March 21st

The 2010 Glen Cove St Patrick’s Day Parade will take place on March 21st at 1 p.m. This year’s Grand Marshal will be Tom Lilly.

The Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade The Parade has taken place annually since 1989.  The parade has grown to be the largest annual parade in Glen Cove and a civic celebration that is eagerly awaited each spring by all residents of the North Shore and the entire Irish community of Long Island.

Past and Present Grand Marshalls

It is our custom each year to honor a person as “Grand Marshal” of the Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and one or more additional individuals as “Aides to the Grand Marshal:

1989 	 John F. Sweeney               Former Postmaster, City of Glen Cove
1990 	 P.O. Stephen McDonald         Hero Police Officer
1991 	 Hon. Denis Dillon             District Attorney, Nassau Co.
1992 	 Sr. Janet A. Fitzgerald       President, Molloy College
1993 	 Joseph V. Buckley             Restaurateur
1994 	 Rep. Peter King               Congressman
1995 	 Jack Ryan                     President, SEIU Local 74
1996 	 William V. Whelan             President, Emerald Society, FDNY
1997 	 Brian Fitzpatrick             Councilman, City of Glen Cove
1998 	 Michael McCormick             National Historian, AOH
1999 	 Jack Irwin                    Governor’s Assistant for Irish Affairs
2000 	 Hon. Thomas R. Suozzi         Mayor, City of Glen Cove; Nassau County Executive
2001 	 Patrick J. Lynch              President, NYC Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
2002 	 Mary Gilroy-Doohan, M.D.      Director, Emergency Services NSUH Glen Cove
2003 	 Tony Jackson                  Irish radio personality WRHU-FM Radio, Hofstra Univesity
2004 	 Mary Ann Holzkamp             Mayor, City of Glen Cove
2005 	 James McCabe                  Hibernian Activist
2006 	 The "Fighting 69th"
2007 	 Jack McDougal                 Police Sergeant
2008     John W.C. Canning             Attorney and Public Servant
2009     Robert P. Lynch
2010     Tom Lilly

LAOH February 27th, 2010 Meeting – St. Patrick’s Church Parish Ministry Center

The next meeting of the LAOH will be on February 27th, 2010 at 7:30p in the Parish Ministry Center of St. Patrick’s Church.

AOH February 11th, 2010 Meeting – St. Patrick’s Church Parish Ministry Center

Brothers, our next meeting will take place on February 11, 2010 at 7:30pm in the St. Patrick’s Church Parish Ministry Center.   The major item on the agenda is the 2010 St. Patrick’s Day parade. Please make every effort to attend.

St. Patrick’s Dinner Dance, March 6, 2010

Save the date! On Saturday, March 6, 2010 the LAOH will hold it’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Dance, in the Parish Hall of St. Patrick’s Church. More details to follow.

2010 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sash Ceremony

The 2010 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sash Ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 1 P.M.  in Page One Restaurant, Glen Cove.  Join us as we honor Grand Marshal Tom Lilly and Aid to the Grand Marshal Gerry Herbert. Stay tuned for more information…

St. Brigid’s Mass & Reception

We are very pleased to host St. Brigid’s Day Celebration 2010 for Nassau County Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians.

St. Brigid was known for her generosity, her hospitality and love of art. It is said that at her abbey in Kildare, a fire was tended by her nuns, and only women were allowed near it. This fire is said to have been kept perpetually alight for nearly a thousand years after her death.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Family Mass at 4:30 p.m.

St. Patrick’s R.C. Church, 235 Glen Street,

corner of Pearsall Avenue, Glen Cove

Party immediately following in St. Patrick’s Parish Hall

Downstairs Reception Room

Dinner Adults $20.00 per person

Cash bar for beer, wine, soda and water.

Children under 12 $5.00 each

Checks must be made payable to your respective Division

And must be submitted through your Division’s Treasurer to the County Board.

Please RSVP to:

Lisa Forgione 516-759-9481

Sioban Rack 516-671-5684

Mimi Howard 516-801-1882

We anxiously await your response and hope your entire family will celebrate with us.

March for Life 2010 is a Success!!

There is something happening to our nation, something good.  And guess who is leading the way to our better tomorrow?  The youth!  The picture below (March for Life 2010 photo’s) captures what the majority of the youth in our nation intuitively understand. That Life, all Life, is precious.  Here are some numbers: Over 100 parishioners took the journey to the March for Life from St. Patrick’s Church.  10 Confirmation candidates, 11 Youth Group members and 8 Family’s.  58 were female, 50 were male. 53 were under 25!  More stat’s, pictures and video on the way, stay tuned.

St. Patrick’s Respect Life Office would like to thank all those who contributed to the cost of the buses. We’d especially like to thank the bus company World Wide Tours, Michael Shub,  and our drivers, Willie and Alvin, for comfortable, clean buses, a smooth charter process and most of all a safe trip.  Bus captains Dave & Marylin Johnson and Rich Lucidi were invaluable and kept the entire group together so well that not one person went missing. That’s not easy when you are in a sea of over 300,000. Yes, 300,000!  You wouldn’t know that from the media coverage, or lack thereof, but the counting has been done. More on this later in the week.

March for Life 2010 Photo’s

Below are the photo’s from the March for Life 2010. Over 100 parishioners, that’s 2 full buses, participated in the March for Life this year.

Urgent Bulletin from the United State Conference of Catholic Bishops on Health Care Reform

The following is an urgent bulletin from the USCCB regarding Health Care Reform.  Click here to download the full PDF.

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

3211 FOURTH STREET NE  WASHINGTON DC 20017-1194  202-541-3103  FAX 202-541-3166
URGENT: USCCB NATIONWIDE BULLETIN INSERT
Stop Abortion Funding in Health Care Reform!
Protect Conscience
Ensure Affordable Health Coverage
Allow Immigrants to Purchase Private Health Insurance
As long-time advocates of health care reform, the U.S. Catholic bishops continue to make the moral
case that genuine health care reform must protect the life, dignity, consciences and health of all,
especially the poor and vulnerable. Health care reform should not advance a pro-abortion agenda in
our country.
 On November 7, the U.S. House of Representatives passed major health care reform that
reaffirms the essential, longstanding and widely supported policy against using federal funds
for elective abortions and includes positive measures on affordability and immigrants.
 On December 24, the U.S. Senate rejected this policy and passed health care reform that
requires federal funds to help subsidize and promote health plans that cover elective
abortions. All purchasers of such plans will be required to pay for other people’s abortions
through a separate payment solely to pay for abortion.
 Outside the abortion context, neither bill has adequate conscience protection for health care
providers, plans or employers.
 These two bills must now be combined into one bill that both the House and Senate will vote
on in final form. Provisions against abortion funding and in favor of conscience protection,
affordability, and immigrants’ access to health care must be part of a fair and just health care
reform bill, or the final bill must be opposed.
ACTION: Contact your Representative and Senators today by e-mail, phone or FAX.
 To send a pre-written, instant e-mail to Congress go to www.usccb.org/action.
 Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at: 202-224-3121, or call your Members’ local offices.
Contact info can be found on Members’ web sites at www.house.gov & www.senate.gov.
MESSAGE—HOUSE:
“I am pleased that the House health care bill maintains the longstanding policy against
federal funding of abortion. I urge you to work to uphold essential provisions against
abortion funding, to include full conscience protection and to assure that health care is
accessible and affordable for all. Until and unless these criteria are met, I urge you to oppose
the final bill.”
MESSAGE—SENATE:
“I am deeply disappointed that the Senate health care bill fails to maintain the longstanding
policy against federal funding of abortion and does not include adequate protection for
conscience. I urge you to support essential provisions against abortion funding, similar to
those in the House bill. Include full conscience protection and assure that health care is
accessible and affordable for all. Until and unless these criteria are met, I urge you to oppose
the final bill.”
WHEN: Votes in the House and Senate on the final bill are expected in January.
Act today! Thank You!

March for Life 2010 Directions to St. Patrick’s Church

St. Patrick’s Church is located at 235 Glen Street, Glen Cove, New York  11542.  Parking for the March for Life 2010 will be available in the St. Patrick’s Church parking lot located on the adjacent Pearsall Avenue.  Directions to the parking lot are below.  When arriving, at the St. Patrick’s parking lot please park your car at the far side (north west) of the parking lot.

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