In recognition of the considerable significance of The Great Hunger, the Irish Government established a National Famine Commemoration Committee, chaired by TD Eamon Ó Cuív, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in 2008. The first National Memorial Day was held on 25 May, 2008 in Dublin. It was so well received that the following [...]
In 1896, 8 years after Catholic University of America (CUA) was founded in Washington, DC, the AOH provided a gift in the amount of $50,000 to endow a Chair in Gaelic Languages and Literature. That endowed fund still exists at Catholic University today, under the title AOH Chair of Gaelic Language and Literature. The AOH [...]
During the 20th and 21st centuries mankind has encountered a major conflict that is a civil war of ideas – namely the Culture of Life versus the Culture of Death. The Culture of Death has been rampant. Consider the first and second world wars plus the many other bitter conflicts, genocides, massacres and the killing [...]
Just 14 years before the end of the Twentieth century, an unthinkable tragedy occurred when the Challenger space shuttle exploded on its maiden voyage. That disaster echoed another unthinkable tragedy, which had taken place only 12 years into the century when the great ocean liner, Titanic, went to the bottom of the Atlantic on her [...]
Brothers, another edition of the Digest is upon us and I can’t believe where the time has gone since the last edition. I was pleased that I could attend an anniversary of the John Cardinal O’Connor Division 32 in Belmar NJ. The festivities were held in Doolan’s Shore Club in Spring Lake Heights NJ honoring [...]
Printed below is the current calendar for Major Degrees. Additions may be added as some states determine that they will try to have a degree conducted at their state conventions. Such requests must be sent to degree teams immediately so arrangements can be worked out on both ends. Also, it is imperative that those hosting [...]
Hope all is well. I know my brothers up north are all suffering with lower back pain from snow shoveling. Thanks be to God, for all the problems we have down here in New Orleans, snow is not one of them. I recently returned from Ireland and the Derry march at which AOH was well [...]
As Hibernians and as Christians we celebrate the central Mysteries of our faith during this month of April. Without the Death and Resurrection of Christ, our faith would have no meaning. Christ, Our Redeemer, suffered and died for us to win salvation for each one of us. By His Resurrection, Jesus truly proved that he [...]
The two hardest things about writing a column such as this are deciding what is important enough to include and how to begin; now that I’ve started I just have to figure out what to include. A few days ago I was woken up by the fire alarm, and upon arriving in the church was [...]
With our country, and especially our Armed Forces, so actively engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan for so many years, it is sometimes difficult to realize that our previous major military commitment, the Vietnam War, is fifty years old. But it’s true! On January 14th of this year, the Department of Defense announced its program to [...]
