President Conrad Osborne, the Officers and Brothers of the Fulton J. Sheen Division are proud to welcome Rev. Peter Walsh as their Division Chaplain. In the tradition of the Order, Fr. Peter was initiated at their Division meeting October 19. Father Walsh was recently assigned as an Associate Pastor at Saint John the Evangelist Catholic [...]
Condolences go out to the Families of John Kenny and Mike Walsh both whom passed away last month. Mike was a State VP and John was a past Division President for Pinellas 2. Both were officers in the defunct AOH Pinellas 1 when I first joined in ’92. We will miss these great Hibernians. The [...]
Florida Hibernians Commemorate John Barry and the Last Naval Battle of the American Revolution On a windy day much like that on 10 March 1783, The Bishop Fulton, J. Sheen Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Florida gave salute to a man of Wexford, Ireland, Cabin boy, Captain, Commodore, Commander of the US [...]
Newly elected Florida officers from Hillsborough. Pictured (L – R) Seated; Mike McClusky – Pres., Sean Denny – State President, Jim Harkins – VP. Standing; Tom Bennis – Fn. Sec., Jack Dorsey – Sentinel, Kevin O’Keefe – Marshal, Jim Sullivan – Treas., Charlie Silk – Rec. Sec., Jack Crowe – Chair Stand/Comm. Newly elected Florida [...]
Florida Racks Up Another Division Former AOH Brevard Financial Secretary Patrick Kennedy moved to The Villages south of Ocala a few years ago. Since then he organized a new AOH Division which was installed on September 18th, 2010. State President Sean Denny drove up to the Villages with North FL Organizer Joe LaGuardia and Treasurer [...]
Ouida D. Williams – Used with permission of the Florida Catholic newspaper They reside in your neighborhoods, shop local grocery stores and could even be sitting next to you in the church pew, but when Michael O’Connor moved here, he asked, “Where are all the Hibernians?” “I went into the Catholic churches and found them [...]
Members of the Florida AOH attended the An Gorta Mor Mass on May 30th, 2010 at St. Therese’s Church of the Little Flower in Hollywood, FL just south of Fort Lauderdale. The Church has beautiful Spanish Architecture and a golden dome. The Piper brought in Bishop John Noonan with several con-celebrating priests. Numerous prayers were [...]
Two New Divisions Formed in the Sunshine State
New Florida Division Formed The first fully formed and sworn AOH Division in South Florida has come to be in over a decade. The Father Michael Judge Division #1, Martin County, Florida was fully formed with nineteen new candidates/new applicants and one transfer member, for a historic and glorious new beginning of the AOH in [...]
