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P r e s i d e n t ’ s M e s s a g e M E N ’ S B O A R D

Chaplain: Deacon Frank Flood President: William Scharen V. Pres: Daniel Roarty Rec. Sec: Matthew Dernaud Treas.: James Wall Fin. Sec.: Joe Campbell Std Comm.: Padraic Nugent Marshal: Ronald Ade Sentinel: Jeff Stark Newsletter Editor: Ed McGlade

Ladies’ Board Chaplain: Rev. Daniel O’Brien S.J. President: Joanne Brennan V. Pres: Mary O’Brien Rec. Sec.: Mary Skinnon Treas.: Elaine Galbo Fin. Sec.: Margo Moore Irish Hist.: Helen Buckley Missions: Joanne Kranz Catholic Action: Patricia Bishop Mistress at Arms: Lilly Giannelli Sentinel: Grace Doherty Grievance: Eleanor Ryan Maureen Murphy-Ade 2016 AOH Division 15: Man of the Year: Dan Roarty Lady of the Year: Kim McGuinness

Stars & Shamrocks

January 2017 Vol. 5, Issue 1

Ancient Order Of Hibernians , Michael F. Hogan Division 15 — 85 Hibernian Way (Grand Ave), Massapequa, N.Y.

www.aohdiv15.com

Jan 2017 Stars & Shamrocks

First of all I want to wish everyone a Mer-ry Christmas and a Most Blessed and Holy New Year!

December was a very emotional roller-coaster ride as several dozen of us went to the Hibernian wake service and joined in prayer for our former President John Brosnan who passed away in the begin-ning of the month. Then we celebrated our division’s newly installed Men and Ladies officers on December 10th at our Christmas Dinner/Dance at the American Legion Hall. Thanks to Ed McGlade and John Nolan who successfully co-chaired this event.

As we had done in the past, the next day was the children’s Christmas party at the Hall and I have to tell you there were only a handful of kids [maybe a dozen?] in attendance unlike prior years when you would be afraid of tripping over the kids. Thanks to our new Santa this year, Tom McHale, for stepping up and taking the burden from me and my very inquisitive 9 year old granddaughter.

We held an Ugly Christmas Sweater par-ty at the Hall on Friday the 16th which was hosted by the McHale and Scharen families but the outpouring of snacks by

our Hibernians for the sharing table was overwhelming. As some in attendance said they were not aware of the event despite various notices and flyers we decided all who were present should be given a free raffle ticket to prizes that the two families donated. This was not a ‘who won’ affair, but was intended to bring some fun to the Hall as there are no losers in AOH land!

On Sunday Jan. 15th we’ll be having our annual “meet the new board and pay your $40 dues” get together and to watch some playoff football games at the Hall – sorry Jets fans! Then on the following Sunday Jan. 22nd will be our 300 Club “end of season” party and $1000 drawing - recall this is for ticket holders only and that guests are to pay $15.

Last if you are not on Ken Ferguson’s email list for upcoming events that are chock full of items of interest and have more details, please let Ken know at the Hall.

In our motto,

Bill Scharen

Happy New Year

Support Our Troops

300 Club ‘End of Season’ Cocktail Party

AOH Hall - Sunday January 22 - 1pm

M i k e ’ s T i d b i t s

T a r a P i p e s a n d D r u m s

P a g e 2

G r e e n B e r e t C l u b N e w s

Green Beret Trustees Chair: Ed McGlade Treas. Bob Brennan Rec. Sec. Jim Wall House/Bar: Jim McCann Entertainment: Ken Ferguson

To Rent the Hall please call:

516 795-9715 To be notified of wakes please

email Ken Ferguson at

shamrocken47@verizon.net

S t a r s & S h a m r o c k s

January is generally a down time for the band. With little playing opportunities it is a great time to get maintenance done on the pipes and drums, work on old standards for the street and learn new music together. This year we have been invited to play on January 12 at the Barclay Center before a Brooklyn Nets basketball game. Tickets are $24 see Ed if interested.

Anyone interested in joining the band please come down Thursday night January 5th for more information. Parade season starts on March 4, 2017, a full schedule will be available by our next newsletter.

Men's Dues

Please send 2017 annual

dues: $45 ($40 if paid by 3/1)

Joe Campbell

85 Grand Ave

Massapequa, NY 11758

I received an article from Bob Mullin re-

garding widows being entitled to the retir-

ees health care coverage after the retir-

ee’s demise. Based upon Chapter Law

436 of 2001 widows of deceased mem-

bers of FDNY/NYPD can purchase their

deceased spouses health insurance cov-

erage within one year of their passing.

There is a special application that needs

to be filled out - since space is limited in

this newsletter - copies of the application

are at AOH Hall - a completed copy left

with your important papers is recom-

mended.

As of today I have not heard any news to

report. Any News please send to:

emcglade@verizon.net

The hall is open Fridays at 8pm come on

down to meet with old and new friends.

The trustees of the Green Beret Club

would like to congratulate Bill Scharen on

being elected President - we look forward

to working with you and your new Board.

Call Ed McGlade at 516 815-7269

for rental information.

There will be a Green Beret Meeting on

the last Friday of the month at 9pm.

Please attend.

If anyone has any old electronic - VCR/

DVD combo player/CD players/etc and

would like to donate to the hall please see

a trustee - ours are broken.

Journal Ads for the St. Patrick’s Dinner Dance

Due to space limitations - I can not print out a full page version of the journal ad forms - I have put all the information here for

your benefit.

Journal ads are the divisions biggest fundraiser - historically less then 5% of the ads are from division members - we need to im-

prove that percentage - please consider taking an add to congratulate the 2017 Man and Lady of the Year (Padraic Nugent and

Kathleen Murphy)

Ads cost: $150 for a full gold page, $140 for a full green page, $120 for a full page, $100 for a 3/4 page, $70 for a 1/2 and $35 for

1/4 of a page.

Ads need to be to Frank Ryan by February 24, 2017

Please help support the division and take at least a 1/4 page.

C h a p l a i n ’ s C o r n e r

P a g e 3 S t a r s & S h a m r o c k s “In God We Trust”

Many of us have expressed this thought: “Where did the year go?” As we get older, God has a funny way of making time seem like it is going too fast – and it is!

We lost two members of our Color Guard this past year – John Caffrey and John Brosnan. Bill O’Brien made a marvelous recov-ery after taking a fall on his front walk. The lesson to be learned—don’t be in such a hurry to get some place and watch your step.

The torch has been pasted on to our new President and we wish the DONALD the best of luck and our prayers as he leads our country for the next four years. We also are blessed that Bill Scharen has assumed the mantle of President of our Divi-sion 15 and he will be assisted by the recycled Dan Roarty. Let us give them our support during the next 12 months. Our thanks to our immediate Past President, John Nolan who can concentrate on his love of the Gaelic games and his trips to Ireland. Enjoy the “rest” as you too might just be recycled in the future!

Many of you are aware that my wife Maureen has been re-named by himself: She may now be referred to as “LASARUS” as all the prayers that have been offered for her health have been answered === for the time being. We have truly had a ‘small miracle’ and for that the Flood family is grateful to all.

PEACE TO ALL AND MAY WE ALL HAVE A BLESSED NEW YEAR!

Deacon Frank

Right to Life Please Pray the Rosary for the unborn.

Anyone interest in taking the bus trip in January to Washington D.C. Call John Nolan for details (516) 650-1437.

ROE V WADE ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL FACE THE TRUTH Event:

Sunday, January 22, 2017.

1:30p.m. to 3:00p.m.

Nassau University Medical Center (2201 Hempstead Tpke., E Meadow); on the front sidewalk.

Rain or shine (or snow!). Signs provided (some graphic).

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THERE IS HELP:

If you or someone you know is in need of help with a pregnancy call:

Life Center:

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CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY IS RESPECTED

FOR OTHER INFORMATION OR TO BECOME INVOLVED IN PRO-LIFE WORK CALL 516-454-0993

P a g e 4 S t a r s & S h a m r o c k s

AOH MEMBER CAR RENTAL DISCOUNTS: On average, the discounts will run between 10 to 20 percent, and will

vary with location and season. For Avis use code # AWD = X265800 and for Budget use code # BCD = A766200.

An bhfuil Fhios agat

New Year’s Eve is a huge event in Ireland, as of course it is all over the world. Nowadays people celebrate the occasion in several ways.

Many invite family and friends round to their homes to welcome the New Year in together while enjoying a few drinks and nibbles, others do

much the same thing except they go to the local pub instead. Some enjoy special entertainment events at local hotels, while many more go to

the opposite extreme and stay at home, watching New Year’s Eve television with close family members. Wherever people are, the climax of the

evening is usually a communal countdown to midnight to welcome in the New Year.

It wasn’t always like this of course. Over the centuries, Ireland developed several New Year’s Eve traditions designed to bring good luck and ban-

ish misfortune over the 12 months ahead. These are the main traditions, some of which are still followed as a way of marking our heritage and

keeping traditions alive.

Homes spick and span for the New Year

In most parts of Ireland it was considered essential to begin the New Year as you meant to go on. That meant following the old adage that clean-

liness is next to Godliness. With this in mind, families would set about cleaning the house from top to bottom.

The burden of cleaning fell mainly on mothers, with help from the children. Fathers would be unlikely to get involved, although they would be

called upon to make any necessary repairs around the house. The idea was to enable the family to make a fresh start, symbolising fresh hope

that the New Year would be a good one.

Remembering family members who had passed away

One of the more moving traditions involved remembering family members who had passed away by setting a place for them at the dinner table

and leaving it empty. Sometimes the front door would be left unlatched to symbolise that the family wanted to make it as easy as possible for

the spirit of their loved one to return to the family home. In some homes, a place would only be set for family members who had died that year;

others might set a place for relatives who died several years earlier.

Banging away bad luck with bread

One of the more unusual traditions involved banging the walls of the house with bread as a way of chasing away bad luck and evil spirits. Some

traditions also saw it as a way of encouraging good luck and ensuring there would be plenty of bread available over the coming year. In those

poverty stricken times, however, you can be sure that the bread was never banged so hard against the wall that it was unfit to eat afterwards.

The importance of who was first through the door

Great importance was placed on who was first through the door at the start of the New Year. The details varied from region to region, and even

within regions at different times. For example, in some traditions, if a dark, handsome man was first through the door it would signify good luck

for the New Year. However, a woman would mean bad luck, even more so if it was a young, red haired woman. Of course, with such traditions,

you can be sure there would be some stage management taking place. Families would be sure to have a dark handsome man standing by to be

first through the door, with the woman, red-haired or not, having to take second place.

In the front door, out the back door

The home was at the center on another tradition which saw New Year guests being asked to enter the house through the front door at midnight

and leave through the back door, assuming, of course that there was a back door. It’s unclear why but this orderly approach was thought to bring

the family good luck.

Mistletoe magic for lonely hearts

Many singletons would no doubt hope that the New Year would at last be the one when they would find that elusive love of their life. To speed

the process on a bit they might place mistletoe, or in some traditions, holly and ivy, under their pillows. This would enable them to see their fu-

ture partner in their dreams – although how they were supposed to fall asleep with holly leaves prickling into them is another matter. Other

versions of the tradition suggested that placing mistletoe outside the front door would actually bring them luck in finding the right partner within

the next 12 months.

Hoping for westerly winds

In some areas, people would take note of the wind direction as the New Year began. If it came from the west, then Ireland could look forward to

a good year, but if it came from the east then things would be bad, and all the good luck would go to Britain instead. Most of these traditions

have now faded of course, but they are a reminded of simpler times when people needed all the good luck they could get just to survive. Some,

however, may still be observed occasionally, if only as a way of celebrating the country’s rural past.

P a g e 5 L a d i e s P a g e

Stars & Shamrocks

L A O H January

Presidents Message

There is an Early Bird Special of $25.00 if paid by March

31st. After that the dues are $30.00. Plese make your

checks payable to LAOH, Inc. Division 15. You can give

your checks to Margo Moore at our January Meeting or

mail them to her at 309 Park Boulevard, Massapequa Park,

NY 11762. In an effort to save money for our Division,

please make every effort to pay your dues early. Calling

posts and postage for follow up mailings can be expensive

and we would appreciate everyone’s cooperation to pay on

time. Thank you.

DATES TO REMEMBER: 1/4 - County Board Meeting 1/16 - January Meeting 1/18 - AOH/LAOH/Green Beret Meeting 1/29 - St Brigid’s Communion Breakfast

Congratulations to Kathleen Murphy who is our 2017 Lady of the Year. Kathleen will receive the St. Brigid Award at our Annu-al St. Patrick’s Dinner Dance.

Please keep the following in your prayers: Emily Kolensky, Jo-seph Bishop, Margaret McKeon, Baby Abby Luisi, Sean Doherty, James Thompson, Richard Gautier, William Ferrel, Joe & Eddie Dunn, Katie Hobi, Theresa Perez, Barone Family, Philomena, Harold Lye, Dotty Duke, and Edward Cain Jr.

May the souls of Danielle Caputo and Annmarie Rondeau rest in peace. Please keep the Caputo, Hillin, O’Shea and Rondeau fam-ilies in your thoughts and prayers.

Please send any information for this section to Helen McHale, 516-477-1431.

Annual Dues 2016

CONGRATULATIONS, CONDOLENCES & PRAYERS

Happy New Year!! I hope that everyone had a very Mer-ry Christmas with their family and loved ones. Many thanks to John Nolan and Ed McGlade for organizing a wonderful Christmas/Installation Dance, a great time was had by all! A special thank you to our Nassau County President, Regina Begley for installing our officers.

Congratulations to Bill Scharen and the incoming board for the AOH. We are very much looking forward to work-ing with all of you.

I once again encourage all our members to make the resolution to get involved and stay involved. Please con-sider running an event or volunteering on one. For our newer members, the Hall is open every Friday night. Please come down and get to know everyone.

Yours in Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity,

Joanne

Meetings

The next LAOH meeting will be on Monday, January 16,

2017, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The meeting will begin

promptly at 8:00pm. Please come down and meet your

newly elected Board of Officers.

There will be a meeting of the AOH, LAOH and Green

Beret at the Hibernian Hall on January 18, 2016 to dis-

cuss events for the 2017 calendar. I believe it starts at

8:00pm but will confirm at the Ladies Meeting. Please feel

free attend.

Cake Duty

The incoming Board will be providing refreshments.

Christmas Party

Thanks go out to Anne Kevany and Maureen Murphy Ade for a fantastic job with the Christmas party and to Maureen Caffrey for the Yankee Swap and leading the Christmas Carols. Also thank you to Kathleen Murphy for making the adorable favors for everyone to take home!

St. Brigid’s Day Celebration

Run by Division 7. Sunday, January 27, 2017. Mass at 9:30am at

St. James RC Church, 80 Hicksville Road, Seaford, NY. Celebra-

tion to follow at the Wantagh Inn. $35.00 per person with a

cash bar. Families are welcome. Please call Joanne Brennan as

soon as possible if you will be attending. (516) 652-9812.

P a g e 6 S t a r s & S h a m r o c k s

1225 Montauk Hwy

West Islip, NY 11795

631-661-5644

200 East Main St

East Islip, NY 11730

631-581-5600

20 Hicksville Road

Bethpage, NY 11714

516-731-5600

January Birthdays Patrick J. Floody - 2

Richard F. Heaning - 2

Joseph P. Campbell - 3

Joseph P. Landy - 4

Thomas McGuirk - 7

Shaun Spillane - 10

Patrick J. Daly - 11

Donald W Barry, Jr - 12

Francis A. Maxson - 13

John T Moroney - 15

Kevin P. O’Rourke - 17

John J. Huhn - 19

Liam Tuohy - 19

Gerard J. Rogers - 28

Editors Note - if you are not listed, let

me know there is a big list of folks

whose birthdays we don’t have.

Tentative List of Events January 15 - Come pay your dues - AOH Hall 1pm

January 18 - AOH/LAOH/Green Beret Meeting to discuss

upcoming calendar of events for 2017

Anyone looking to host an event at the hall please see Ed

McGlade to get onto next years calendar.

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