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Mass for Our Lady of Knock
The Mass on August 21st, was a great success a great big THANK YOU to all who attended. There were at least 100 attendees and Fr. Thomas Zalewski, O.Carm., said the mass and the service at the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock. It was great to see the statues repaired and a new paint really cleaned up the shrine. There is talk of raising monies to get a security system installed at the Shrine and with its location, this is a wise fundraiser to become involved in.
Just a little note, the priest who was instrumental in moving this shrine from NYC to Middletown was Fr. Emmanuel Hourihan who we named our Division after.
I would like to thank the members of the Heritage Festival and everyone
who helped with the Mass. A special thanks to Mike Cummings and Sean Lahiff, (son of Pat Lahiff) for being Knights of Columbus
, Forth Degree Color Guards at the mass.
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| L/R Mike Garay, Ron Heppes, Mike Cummings, Sean Lahiff, Tom McDonald |
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| Mike Garay & Ed Burke |
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| The Crowning of the Blessed Mother at the Shrine |
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| Fr. Thomas Zalewski, O.Carm. & Shrine Director |
To see more photos of the event click on these links:
June 2010
The vote to move the meeting place from Mount Carmel to The Dikeman Engine & Hose Company, 10 Dikeman Drive in Goshen, was approve at the May meeting. The change does not alter our name as stated in our charter, nor does it mean that our connections with Middletown and the parishes of St. Joseph and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel will be ending. The next meeting is Friday, June 4th at 7:30pm at the Dikeman Engine & Hose Company. This will be the last meeting until September 10th. (first Friday after Labor Day weekend).
Directions from Middletown;
Take Rt. 17 East to exit 124, at the ramp stay left to make left turn on Rt. 17A (towards Florida, NY), at the light make a left onto Rt. 17 A , Greenwich Ave. (Surskey Chrysler - Plymouth will be diagonally across the street at the light). Go a short distance to the first street - Sorrento Drive, make a right. The fire house is on the first building on the left. Make the first left turn into the firehouse. The entrance is in the rear, take stairs or elevator to the second floor.
Directions from Chester and points East of Goshen
Take Rt. 17 West to exit 124, at the ramp make a left. Continue to the next light and make a left onto Rt. 17A, Greenwich Ave. The next light after going over Rt. 17 overpass is the Exit / Entrance to Rt. 17 East on the left and Surskey Chrysler - Plymouth on the right. Continue a short distance to the first street - Sorrento Drive, make a right. The fire house is on the first building on the left. Make the first left turn into the firehouse. The entrance is in the rear, take stairs or elevator to the second floor.
Because of problems, the Annual Golf Tournament will not be held on June 28 as planned at the last meeting. At this time, no new date has been determined.
I would like to welcome the newest members Joseph Aronsen and Christopher Donovan, who were installed at the May meeting. Both Joe and Chris are active members of the NYFD.
Chris Donovan, Pat Lahiff, John Higgens and Joe Aronsen
I attended a meeting with other Presidents of the Orange County AOH and LAOH at Division 2 on May 22. There is an effort to attempt to unite the Irish community in Orange County and put an end to some issues that developed in past years. I will open a discussion to bring up these issues at the meeting and will report my feelings to the members.
Our Division was proudly represented at the Annual Memorial services on Memorial Day in Goshen. I would like to thank everyone who made the effort to attend. The Division also payed their respects to past members by placing flags on the grave sites of Pat Cochrane, Dan Finch and Pat Curtain. May they rest in peace. If anyone knows of a departed member who is buried locally, please contact the President.
Memorial Services, Goshen May 31, 2010 – (R to L), Dr. John Carey, Ray Patterson, Ed Burke, Mike Cummings, Ron Heppes, Joe Aronsen, Pat Lahiff and Tom McDonald. John Higgens was present but not in the picture.
Because we have no meetings during July and August, it doesn’t mean we can’t get together for some socializing before the September meeting. We will discuss options at the June meeting.
The names of the scholarship recipients are:
St. Joseph's-Amber LoFrese
St. John's-Michael Piranio
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel-Katy Lounsbery
Burke Catholic High School-Gannon Heiny
Tom
Sick and Welfare
| Thank you Mike for another Great Dinner |
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Kevin Demarest
48 View Point Drive
Slate Hill, NY 10973.