March for Life 2010 Schedule & Details

Pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., January 22nd 2010

Each of us is Willed, each of us is Loved, each of us is Necessary.”

~ Pope Benedict XVI

Schedule & Details

Directions to St. Patrick’s Church are here.

Details

• No fee for all those who attend
• Confirmation candidates who attend will receive 5 service hours.
• Confirmation candidates and Youth Group members who attend will have their meals paid for.
• Travel in a comfortable coach bus.
• Student to Chaperon ratio, 4:1.
• Bring your Rosary!! (We supply if you forget)
• Dress Warm. No slippers or PJ’s! Wear layers.
• Family friendly environment, the March for Life is a peaceful and respectful march and rally.
• Almost two-thirds of those who attend are confirmation age and young adults.
• Each participant will receive a Green St. Patrick’s Scarf and a Precious Feet pin.

Itinerary

• Be at St. Patrick’s and board the bus at 5:30am on January 22nd.
• Bus departs St. Patrick’s at 5:45A.M. on January 22nd
• Sleep.
• Meditation on the Mysteries of the Rosary.
• Stop for Breakfast
• Arrive at March for Life
• Walk to St. Josephs on capitol hill for snacks hot cider.
• Return trip to Glen Cove.
• Reflective prayer service.
• Stop for dinner.
• Movies.
• Sleep.
• Expected Return at 10:30P.M. January 22nd.

Change Hearts, Save Lives at the March for Life 2010

Pilgrimage on January 22nd, 2010

Length: Day trip

Cost to you: Free

AOH – LAOH Halloween Party – October 24th

It’s time to get your costumes out and your dancing shoes on to dance the night away on  Saturday, October 24!!

LAOH and AOH Division 8 Annual Halloween Dance Party

Staring you and your family and friends!

Bring your favorite snacks for your table!

St. Patrick’s – Pearsall Avenue, Glen Cove

8:00 p.m. until 12 midnight

Sandwiches, salads, coffee & cake will be provided

Cash Bar for beer, wine, soda & water

Don’t be left out in the dark make your reservations now by calling:

Julie Albin        676-6664
Mary Doohan         759-9094
Pam Panzenbeck        676-6732
Marianne Degen        759-5912

AOH Division 8 Seafood Raffle Winners

The Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 8, is proud to announce the winners of their 2009 Seafood Raffle.

The winners of this year’s raffle are:

1^st Martha Offerman

1^st Catanzano Family

2^nd Dan Caroli

2^nd John Compitello of Glen Cove Bagel Cafe

3^rd Jim and Lucia Marino

3^rd Bob & Carol Boisits

4^th Carmine Filippone

4^th John Compitello of Glen Cove Bagel Cafe

5^th John Hink of AOH DIV 19

5^th Mike Medugno of Knights of Columbus Council 1828

The AOH would again like to recognize and thank the winners of the 2008 Independence Day Seafood Raffle.

1^st Annette Medugno & Leslie Armstrong

2^nd John Compitello of Glen Cove Bagel Café & Maureen Rush

3^rd Diane Francis & Fred Meyer

4^th Pam and Bob Panzenbeck & Fred Hill

5^th Ed and Mary Doohan & Gene Colleary

The proceeds of this raffle go to Operation Wounded Warrior and the Society of St. Vincent DePaul.  The Brothers of Division 8 of the AOH would like to thank all of the people who participated and the local merchants who allowed us to sell tickets at their places of business.  Special thanks to Twin Harbors Restaurant of Bayville and George Bakers Liquor Store of Bayville for their continued support through the years.

For more information on the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Independence Day Seafood Raffle please visit us on the web at http://www.glencoveirish.com or call Jeffrey Moore at 516 322 5225.

We are sure that there was good eatin’ by all the winners!

About Mike Moran

Michael J. Moran was born in Co. Carlow, Ireland, on March 22, 1930.  Mike emigrated to the U.S., settling in Sea Cliff, where he was employed for many years as a chauffeur for the Village of Sea Cliff Sanitation Department.

He was first inducted into Division 8 on March 28, 1957.  Mike went on to become a model of what a true Hibernian is, serving for six years as Division President, as chairman for Project Children and of the Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day parade and in many other positions.  On the County level, Mike served as Treasurer, Financial Secretary, Marshall and Co-chair of the annual Ladies Communion Breakfast.

In recognition of his service to the Order Mike received the high honor of being named Aide to the Grand Marshal of the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

A special committee had been formed early in 1987 to address an oft-expressed desire by the membership that Division 8 follow the tradition set by many other Divisions of naming them selves after persons of high regard as a tribute to those persons and an inspiration an example of true Hibernianism to present and future members.

On April 14, 1997 that Committee submitted its report to the President, recommending that Division 8 “bear the name of our beloved Brother Hibernian, Michael J. Moran, and hereafter be known as the ‘Mike Moran Division, Glen Cove, New York”. The report went on to say:  “This recommendation is made with keen awareness that the Division has no greater honor to bestow, and will never again be empowered to extend such an honor – but no Hibernian has contributed more to the Division than Mike Moran.  His contributions have been countless, selfless and honorable, always given cheerfully, with unfailing dignity and charm – the hallmark of a great Irishman.

The Division was slated to vote on the Committee’s recommendation at its monthly meeting in May.  Mike died on April 29, 1997 at the age of 67.  He had been advised before his death that the Division was to be named in his honor.    That honor was bestowed posthumously, and by unanimous acclamation of the Division members, on May 8, 1997.   The new Division banner bearing Mike’s name was dedicated on December 17, 1997 in a ceremony held at the Swan Club, in the presence of Mike’s wife, Mary, and his daughters, Maureen Basdavanos, Theresa Pierce and Anne Gentile.

The following is an account of Mike’s funeral from the North Shore Hibernian:

We were all deeply saddened by the death of Brother Mike Moran on April 29, 1997.  Our brothers and their families followed Mike’s fine example of Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity by attending the Hibernian wake service and his Funeral Mass in great numbers, ad did our Hibernian brothers and sisters from all over Long Island.

 

Mike was eulogized by County Board President Ed Friel and Division President Robert Lynch and our Chaplain Msgr. McCann led the prayer service.  The Funeral Mass at Mikes’ parish church, St. Boniface Martyr, Sea Cliff was concelebrated by Msgr. McCann and Fr. Michael Torpey, pastor of St. Boniface.  Mike’s coffin, draped in the Irish tricolor, was led into the church by a lone piper and accompanied by an honor guard of twenty five of his brother Hibernians.  Mike’s best friend, Charlie Phillips, acted as lead pallbearer.

A moving graveside ceremony was conducted at Locust Valley Cemetery where a lone piper,  Robert Lynch, played a lament over Mike’s grave while a color guard with the Division’s banner and colors stood to attention.  The honor guard held the outstretched tricolor over Mike’s coffin in the pouring rain during this final farewell.

Below you will find some newspaper articles which appeared after Mike Moran’s death:

Division 8 to March in Memorial Day Parade

Division 8 will be marching in Glen Cove’s annual Memorial Day Parade on May 25, 2009.

The parade begins at noon, stepping off from the Finley Middle School horseshoe and proceeding down Forest Avenue to School Street to Glen Street, turning at Pulaski Street and at the arterial highway, passing the reviewing stand at Glen Cove Library and ending at Charles Street.

Dress code is green polo shirts and black pants. Please try to attend!!

Next Meeting June 11 at Page One Restaurant

Division 8 will hold its June meeting at Page One Restaurant on 90 School Street in Glen Cove. After a very short meeting we will have a buffet dinner for 15 dollars a person and hold a wine raffle for two bottles of wine.

We hope that all members of the division can attend this event, since it will be the last meeting before the summer break.

Please try to attend.

Brother Joe McDonald Gets Major Degree

ISLAND PARK, NY – Division 8 would like to congratulate Joe McDonald for receiving his Major Degree on Sunday, April 19^th.

“It’s an honor,” said McDonald, who joined the AOH back in 2007 and served as Recording Secretary in 2008. “Going through this process allows me to understand what it is to be a brother in the AOH.”

Over 50 candidates went through the process, at Sacred Heart Parish in Island Park, NY which was attended by brothers from all the divisions in Nassau County.

Division 8 was represented by County President John O’Connell, Division President John Hanley, Immediate Past President and Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2009 Grand Marshal Robert Lynch, Standing Committee Chair Patrick Furlong, and Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2009 Aide to the Grand Marshal Barney Lough.

Glen Cove 2009 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Pictures and Video

Here are the pictures of the 2009 Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade, with the Division’s own Robert Lynch as Grand Marshal and Barney Lough as Aide. The parade ran for almost an hour, followed by a division lunch at at Page One in Glen Cove.

After Parade Ceremony from Joe McDonald on Vimeo.

Line of March for 2009 Parade

Order in Line of March	GLEN COVE HIBERNIANS ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2009 Andrew Stafford, Chairman NAME OF ORGANIZATION	Assembly Location
	Glen Cove Police Motorcycles	For Ave West of Sunrise driveway
	Glen Cove Police Color Guard	For Ave West of Sunrise driveway
	Nassau County Police Color Guard	For Ave West of Sunrise driveway
	Nassau County Police Mounted Unit	For Ave West of Sunrise driveway
	Irish Wolfhound Club of Long Island	AREA A Front of basketball court
	BANNER – Avalon Bay
	Tara Pipes and Drums	AREA A Front of basketball court
	G.M. Robert Lynch	AREA A Front of basketball court
	St. Martin de Porres TIN WHISTLE CLUB	AREA A Front of basketball court
	Matinecock Irish Brigade	For Ave close to Dosoris Lane
	Aide to G.M. Barney Lough	AREA A Front of basketball court
	County Executive, GC Mayor and other dignitaries	AREA A Front of basketball court
	Division 8 LAOH and AOH	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Car carrying Division 8 member/s	For Ave behind Irish Brigade
	BANNER -King Kullen/Friends of Tom Suozzi
	GLOR NA GAEL PIPE BAND	AREA B – Basketball Court
	AOH John P. McGuinness Div. 14	AREA B – Basketball Court
	AOH Nassau County Board + Divisions	AREA B – Basketball Court
	LAOH Nassau County Board	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Ryan Academy of Irish Dancing	AREA B – Basketball Court
	INNIS FADA PIPE BAND	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Irish/American Society of NassauSuffolk &Queens	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Sunrise Assisted Living	ForAve east of sunrise driveway
	The Regency At Glen Cove	ForAve east of sunrise driveway
	Glen Cove Senior Center	For Ave east of sunrise driveway
	Atria Senior Residence	For Ave east of sunrise driveway
	Family & Friends of Dustin Hill Motorcycle Club	For Ave east of sunrise driveway
	Glen Cove Beautification	For Ave east of sunrise driveway
	M.T.A. Police Color Guard & Cruiser	For Ave West of Sunrise driveway
	Glen Cove Downtown Ambassadors	AREA B – Basketball Court
	G.C. Assoc. of Girl Scouts & Boy Scouts	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Brownie Troop 78 – Glen Head	AREA B – Basketball Court
	St. Paul’s Dance Academy -Irish stepdancers	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Pre-School YMCA	AREA B – Basketball Court
	CYO Track & Field Team	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Knights of Columbus – James Norton Council	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Loggia Glen Cove 1016	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Kiwanis of Glen Cove	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Glen Cove Road Panthers	AREA E – Middle School Lot -W. side
	American Red Cross of Nassau County	For Ave East of Sunrise driveway
	Flotilla 22-07 US Coast Guard Aux Band	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Glenwood Landing American Legion - Post 336	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Howard A.Van Wagner American Legion Post 962	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Gold Coast Cruisers	AREA E – Middle School Lot -W. side
	John Deere Tractor c/o Tom Savage	ASSEMBLY AREA D(horseshoe)
	O Boys 4 by 4 Race Team	ASSEMBLY AREA D(horseshoe)
	Model T Ford Club	ASSEMBLY AREA D(horseshoe)
	Long Island Brass & Percussion	AREA B – Basketball Court
	St. Edwards Twirlers	AREA B – Basketball Court
	La Fuerza-St. Patrick’s Hispanic Community	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Gold Martial Arts	AREA B – Basketball Court
	Long Island Roller Rebels	AREA B – Basketball Court
	CLAN GORDON HIGHLANDERS PIPE BAND	ASSEMBLY AREA F(Dosoris Lane)
	Glen Cove Vol. Fire Dept	ASSEMBLY AREA F(Dosoris Lane)
	Glen Cove Vol. EMS	ASSEMBLY AREA F(Dosoris Lane)
	LONG BEACH BRASS BAND	ASSEMBLY AREA F(Dosoris Lane)
	Locust Valley Vol. Fire Dept.	ASSEMBLY AREA F(Dosoris Lane)
	COMMANCHE RAIDERS BAND	ASSEMBLY AREA G(Dosoris Way)
	Bayville Vol. Fire Company	ASSEMBLY AREA G(Dosoris Way)
	WANTAGH PIPE BAND	ASSEMBLY AREA G(Dosoris Way)
	Sea Cliff Vol. Fire Dept.	ASSEMBLY AREA G(Dosoris Way)
	Glenwood Fire Company	ASSEMBLY AREA G(Dosoris Way)
	K-Joy Radio Station Van	For Ave East of Sunrise driveway

2009 Grand Marshal – Robert Lynch

Robert P. Lynch was born in Queens, New York, the first of seven children born to Robert B. and Mary Anne Hyland Lynch.  He resides in Glen Cove, Long Island with his wife Síghle and their children, Kieran, Aidan, Conor and Maura.  He is a graduate of St. John’s University, where he received a BA in history in 1977, and of St. John’s Law School, where he received a Doctor of Laws degree in 1980.  Robert is a practicing attorney, with offices located Glen Cove and Williston Park.

Robert cherishes his Irish roots and heritage.  He has from his youth been an activist in Irish causes and follows a long family practice of love and support for both the countries of their origin and adoption, keeping one foot firmly planted on each side of the Atlantic.  While he is “first generation” on his mother’s side, from Kiltimagh, in Mayo, the same County, along with Kerry, produced his earliest American ancestors, in 1820, followed by his maternal grandfather who arrived here from Westmeath in the early 1900′s.  He has traveled to his ancestral homeland many times for family, political and musical activities.

Robert follows in the footsteps of his brother, Patrick J. Lynch, President of the NYC Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (PBA), who served as our Grand Marshal in 2001.

Robert has been a proud Hibernian all his adult life, being a Charter Member of Div. 13 in Queens and serving Glen Cove Division 8 as Corresponding Secretary, Vice President, with two terms as President in the 1990′s and two terms just ended.  He is also former Chairman of our Parade.

Ten years ago he devised the idea of a consortium he called Cairdenet, (invoking in loose Irish translation the idea of a “net of friends”) to allow Irish, religious, charitable and cultural associations he was involved with to establish and maintain a presence on the internet, something they had hitherto been slow to do for financial and technical reasons.  As part of this arrangement Division 8 was able to establish one of the first and largest Hibernian websites in the Metropolitan area.

Robert is well known as a traditional Irish piper.  Robert has been active for many years in a wide variety of efforts in support of Irish freedom and is a member of Friends of Sinn Fein and a founding member of the Brehon Law Societies in both NYC and Long Island.  He is an outspoken and active supporter of the Irish peace process, being a member of a delegation which met twice with the International Monitoring Commission (IMC) monitoring the Irish ceasefire and of the first Irish American delegation to meet with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to encourage the formation of the present coalition government between that party and Sinn Fein.

In addition to his legal practice, Robert works as Supervisor of the after-school recreational and tutoring program at St. Martin De Porres School in Uniondale, where he also instructs students in the Irish tin whistle and pipes.  He is an active member of St. Boniface Parish in Sea Cliff, where he is a Eucharistic Minister the webmaster and instructs parents in the Baptism program.

He is a member of the County Tyrone and County. Mayo Societies, the Co. Tyrone Pipers, the Long Island Uilleann Pipers and was a founder of the North Shore Irish American Cultural Society and the St. John’s University Irish Society.

Address by Robert P. Lynch at the Grand Marshal’s Sash Presentation Ceremony, February 22, 2009

About thirty years ago I read an article in the Sunday NY Times about a young Jewish man from New York, Bill Ochs.  Bill had become fascinated by Irish music and especially the Irish bagpipes.

He sought out the few pipers left on Long Island and the Northeast and set out to revive that instrument, even though most Irish people seemed to have abandoned it.

He went to Ireland and sought out elderly traditional musicians to teach him.  They made the point to him that being an Irish piper was not only about being a proficient musician but also involved another special job.  That job was to preserve and tell the story of the people who had produced this musical tradition, and not to let it die.  It meant telling the people their own story.

I was reminded of Bill’s lesson a few years ago when Barney Lough and I attended a big annual St. Patrick’s dinner in Manhattan.   It was addressed by the acclaimed Irish actor Gabriel Byrne.

Gabriel asked those gathered to contemplate what purpose is served by getting together for these St. Patrick’s Day events.

He reminisced of how, as a child in Dublin, he listened to his relatives from Galway sit at home in the kitchen and tell stories.  That was how he learned of and developed a love for his culture.

Gabriel answered his own question by suggesting that St. Patrick’s Day events serve some of the same purpose for Irish Americans that those kitchen gatherings did for him:  they give us the chance to think about and share our story.

I agree with Gabriel.  The value of events such as our parade is that the give us the chance we might not otherwise have to ask ourselves “who are we” and “what is our story?” It gives us the opportunity to tell that story to our children and to our neighbors.

For all their trouble and expense, these are opportunities not to be missed.  The fact is that, for a people who are supposed to be great storytellers, we don’t practice that art very well when it comes to our own story.  We don’t value the concept of contemplating who we are and telling others about it.

There are many reasons for this.  It has been argued that this is the result of a subconscious lack of esteem for our own culture, coupled with a fear of expressing it openly, possibly the legacy of generations of colonial oppression.

Whatever the reason, the fact is that many of our immigrant ancestors didn’t tell us their story.  We, the Irish Diaspora in America, remains very Irish, indeed more than more Irish than most of us know, on what might be called an unconscious level, even many generations removed from “home”.

The fact that we don’t have a highly conscious level of awareness of who we are and where we come from leaves us somewhat inarticulate in describing ourselves.  Outsiders like the musician I spoke of earlier can often be more eloquent in explaining who the American Irish are than we can ourselves.

It has been said that the beautiful stained glass in venerable European church buildings were first developed to aid people who weren’t full literate enough to learn about their faith by reading Scripture and the written works of the church.

It might be said that events that surround St. Patrick’s Day in Irish America serve somewhat of the same purpose for our people.  We of the Hibernian Divisions of Glen Cove have been blessed with a veritable Parthenon of personalities whom we can view for a personification of who the Irish in America are.

They include not only our long list of distinguished Grand Marshals, but also the Aides to the Grand Marshal (for as is the case this year the Aides are often just as worthy or more so of recognition as the person with the top billing), Hibernians of the year and Presidents.

They include:

• John Sweeney, Mike Moran, Charlie Phillips and John Whelan, who before they passed on taught us the love of our culture and pride in our Ancient Orders.

• Andy Stafford, Paul Long, Patsy Furlong and Eamonn Beck, our very own “Boys of Wexford” who, along with likes of Bill Doherty, Vic Sackett and Martin Mannion, have kept that legacy alive.

• LAOH members such as my wife, Sighle Lynch, Mary Moran, Shelia Zeineth, Pauline Stafford, Marylynn Johnson and Sioban Rack, who show us who really gets things done in an organization supposedly dominated by men;

• Steve McDonald, the terribly wounded police officer who went on to quadruple his initial heroism by becoming a missionary of God’s mercy and forgiveness;

• Denis Dillon who epitomizes the streak which runs through Irish life of fearless insistence on protection and justice for the weak and threatened;

• Sister Janet Fitzgerald who embodied the Irish love of learning and the dedication of the generations of consecrated religious men and women who dedicated their lives to teaching;

• Peter King, who put his career at risk, and honorary grand marshals Joe Doherty, Malachy McAllister and Gerry Adams who put their lives and freedom on the line, as did our own Patrick Webster, Danny Lane and Tony Deignan all to remind the world that for nearly a millennium the most passionate thread of the Irish story has been our struggle for national sovereignty;

• Tom Suozzi, Brian Fitzpatrick, Maryanne Holzkamp and John Canning told us the story of Irish public service; it is not surprising that they are involved with the same Hibernian Divisions which once welcomed as a member Sen. Robert F. Kennedy during his brief time with us;

• Jim McCabe, Eddie Doohan, Al Baker, Jeff Moore and Cardinal John O’Connor demonstrates the truism that the Irish male cherishes his faith just as much as the women do;

• Joe Buckley, who embodied for us the ancient Irish tradition of hospitality;

• Jack Ryan, Tom Lilly and my brother Patrick Lynch bring forward to our time the unparalleled Irish tradition of support for the right of working people to organize to protect their interests, even in the face of fierce opposition by the powers that be;

• It is Dr. Mary Gilroy who is our most beloved exemplification of the Irish women’s reputation for healing and compassion;

• Jack McDougal and the Fighting 69^th teach us to “never forget” the courage of the Irish in uniform who clear the way for the rest of us when our lives are threatened;

• Our Order’s real-life seanachie, Michael McCormick, who finds joy in telling our story in print, as does this year’s Aide to the Grand Marshal of the NYC parade, John O’Connell, while Tony Jackson and Patti Ann Brown do the same on the airwaves.

Ladies and Gentlemen, let us go forward with these models in mind to continue to tell the story of who we are.

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