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Motto - Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity

AOH is the oldest Irish-Catholic lay organization in America (formed in 1836). It is non-profit with the purpose of promoting Irish culture while fostering and perpetuating the ideals, history and traditions of the Irish people.

Kevin Barry Division # 3

www.aohindy.com Newsletter Vol. 61 Issue 4 April 2020

Next Meeting - April 9, 2020 St. Philip Neri - 8 PM

March 15 - Postponed Event April 9 - AOH Meeting Photo - New AOH Chaplain Father Joe Moriarty

Dates to Remember

John Louis Reimer (AOH) passed away on Feb. 22 at the age of 101. He was Kevin Barry Division’s oldest member, serv-ing as president in 2004. In 2013 he re-ceived the Hibernian

President’s Award, the division’s highest honor. John was also a proud 4th Degree member of the Knights of Columbus. He was a member of or participant in many church committees and activities, and at-tended daily Mass at either St. John, St. Mary, St. Roch, Holy Rosary or Sacred Heart churches most of his life. John was born Aug. 2, 1918, to Louis and Mary Reimer. He grew up on the Near Southside, graduating from Sacred Heart H. S. in 1936. He was president of his sen-ior class. An Army veteran of WW II, John retired as a pharmaceutical sales rep in 1977. A bachelor, he was known for his wit and storytelling. At his passing, he still lived in his own home near Southern Plaza.

St. Patrick’s Celebration Postponed On March 12, Governor Holcomb announced guidelines in regard to host-ing events during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Included in these guidelines is a re-striction on hosting events with an atten-dance that exceeds 250 guests. Our annual St. Patrick's Celebration involves over 500 people when including both guests and hospitality staff. Our leadership considered several op-tions for going forward with the event on March 15th. Specifically, we were tasked with deciding whether we could fairly and effectively lower our attendance to 225 people in a 12-hour window, minimize rev-enue loss, maintain the quality of the event, and ensure the health and safety of our guests. We found no viable path forward, and we believe that a postponement is war-ranted. The officers of Kevin Barry Division 3 and members of our planning committee are determined to reschedule our 150th Celebration yet this year, and we hope that you will join us and continue to sup-port our efforts. Those who have pur-chased tickets will be guaranteed seats at the rescheduled Celebration--the date is to be determined. Tom Branson - President AOH

Let Us Pray Andrew Russell

Jo Archer

Jenny Flores

Bobby Griffin

Paul Clark

Dan O’Connor

Terry O’Hara

Fr. Bob Gilday

Dan McGinley

B ob Boyle

Fr. William Munshower

Msgr. Harold Knueven Msgr. Paul Kotter

Dennis Harrington

Caroline Scheidler Pat Moriarty Ken Hurley Fr. James Wilmoth Phyllis Barrett Jeff Veldhof

Bill Farrell

Mark Payne’

Mary Ann Noone Ita Moriarty

Seamus DiGiusto

In Sympathy

New Members

Meeting Notes

Joseph E. McCormick, age 94 (AOH), passed away on Feb. 10. Born on the southside of Indianapolis, he graduated from Manual High School in 1943. Joseph is survived by his wife of 67 years, Norma Smith McCormick and his son Joseph E. McCormick, Jr. He was a veteran of the US Navy serving during WWII. He was a captain for the Indi-anapolis Police Department, member of the Fraternal Order of the Police, Police Officers Association, K of C, American Legion Post and a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church.

The President’s Award winner is Jim Lynch. That’s me! It has been my pleasure to do the newsletter for the last 15 years. It has been extremely interesting, rewarding and a learning experience to report the pos-itive news of the Irish and the Hibernians. The positive news was my one personal goal. I hope I stuck to that! I consider this award a great honor and am grateful in accepting. Thanks! Additionally, I do realize this newsletter is not one of my happiest to report, but I be-lieve our leadership has handled the current situation as well as it can be handled.

Picture above - St. John’s Church - What better time to show the first Catholic and Irish Church In Indianapolis!

Associate member - Mayor Joe Hogsett Seamus DiGiusto

- Better late than never: Jerry (AOH) and Carol Cosby cel-ebrated their 65th wedding anniver-sary Dec. 27. Congratulations! On Feb. 2 the Indianapolis Star praised the work of Marion County Su-perior Court Judge David Certo (AOH). Well deserved! Two thousand and twenty is the 150th year that Indianapolis Hiberni-ans have celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. Just a little late this year! - The Jerry Kennedy family pur-chased 44 tickets to our St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. Well Done! - AOH is looking for a craftsman to make the Hibernian Sash. Contact Joe Cahill - 317-257-1838 Newsletter Editor. - Jim Lynch, 317- 787- 5734

The AOH St. Patrick’s Day Raffle - 1st. prize - 2 tickets to Ireland or $1500, 2nd prize of $500, 3rd prize of $100 and 4th prize of 4 tickets to the Indy Irish Fest will be drawn at the rescheduled Celebration. - A motion was made to bring our Map of Ireland donation to St. Meinrad’s Seminary up to $3,000. The first of two votes passed unanimously. It will be presented at the rescheduled Celebration.

Five AOH Scholarship Winners The Denis J. Moriarty Scholarship winner is

Bailey Sims, a senor at Fr. Thomas Scecina Memorial H.S. Bai-ley is the daughter of Valerie Jackson-Sims and Gus Sims and is a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. Bailey has received numer-ous academic awards at Scecina, as well as having been a varsity cheerleader and varsity softball player. Valedictorian of her class with a GPA of 4.32, she has served as her student council class president her soph omore and senior years. She has participated in numerous

school clubs. A competitive Irish Dancer, Bailey has been with the Richens/Timm Academy of Irish Dance for 14 years. The Hibernian Kehoe Scholarship winner is Samuel Baugh, the son of Monica and Eric Baugh and is a sen-ior at Roncalli H.S. He is an active member of St. Jude Parish. Display-ing high academic and athletic achievement, Samuel has earned a 4.462 grade point average and this past semester earned a 4.73 GPA. He has earned two varsity letters in football and baseball and was named to the Academic All-State Team for football. He was a Kiwanis Club Finalist for Marion County Academic MVP. This year he was a football captain.

The winner of the first Jim McCaughna AOH Scholarship is Quentin Gallagher. The son of Rhonda and Brian Gallagher, Quentin is a member of St. Jude parish and a senior at Roncalli High School. Active in service clubs at Ron-calli, Quentin has been seriously involved with the tech crew for plays and musicals for four years. He premiered his short film “Die Ausbei-der” (The Runaways) at Roncalli during National Germany Week in Oc-tober 2019. Quentin appeared as an extra in “The Miseducation of Bindu” that was filmed in Indianapolis in 2018. He will be working as the sound engineer for an independent film “Moira” this summer.

Quentin plans to attend Ball State University and major in the Communications field where he would like to expand his career opportunitues in writing/directing films. Two Katie White Scholarship Winners Are: Mary Kathleen White, the granddaughter of Katie White. Mary is the daughter of Sean and Stephanie White. She attends Cathedral High School where she participated in basketball, soccer and achieved High Academic Honors for the past three years. She is a member of the American Sign Language Club, Lumberjack Club, and served on the Prom Committee in 2019. She participated in a two-week mission trip to Lima, Peru; there she worked at a Hogar, a home for disabled chil-dren. Mary plans to attend either Indiana University or the University of Cincinnati to study physical therapy, international studies, or criminal justice.

Liam Murphy, the son of Brian and Dayna Murphy, attends Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory H.S. and is an active member of his community, parish, and school. While a participant in student council at Brebeuf, Liam has earned High Honors every semester and achieved a cumulative 3.7 GPA and an ACT score that places him in the 90th-percentile nationally. Active in scouting since the first grade, in 2016 he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. On a visit to Ireland, he hiked the pilgrim’s trail up the mountain of Croagh Patrick, an impressive and unforgetable experience. Liam plans to earn a degree in Biology, and then pursue a medical degree.

AOH President’s Award