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March 1, 2011
Bingo News
Next Bingo Date: 4/1/2011 @ OLBS
Workers Needed– Come one, Come All– Have Fun
Motion Before The Council
March 5, 2011
Your vote is needed on March 5th. Before the St. Patrick’s Day Party we will have a vote to consider the following motion that is before the council:
A motion was made, seconded and passed to allocate $1000.00 to help an OLBS parish family with a special needs child to help pay for a special chair that will make it easier to feed the child and also help with her physical therapy to better her quality of life.
St Patrick's Dance @ OLBS
March 5, 2011 – 07:00 PM
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Rosary Altar Society
St. Patrick's Dance
Saturday March 5, 2011
7pm-12am
Music by The Shannon Breeze
Entertainment by the OLBS Step Dancers(includes Rich Monahan)
Hot Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner and dessert
Beer and Setups included
Honorees - Rev. Msgr. William Flood
Betty and Bob May & Eileen and Dennis Carroll
Price $40 per Person
For Ticket information, please call:
Betty 718-352-2452, Peggy 718-428-3323 or
Kathleen 718-352-2239
St Patrick's Day
March 17, 2011 – 01:00 PM
The First Parade
St. Patrick's' Day is celebrated on March 17th, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the 5th century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for thousands of years.
On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink, and feast on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.
The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place in Ireland, but in the United States, Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City on March 17, 1762. Along with their music, the parade helped the soldiers to reconnect with their Irish roots, as well as fellow Irishmen serving in the English army.
Over the next thirty-five years, Irish patriotism among American immigrants flourished, prompting the rise of the so-called "Irish Aid" societies, like the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and the Hibernian Society. Each group would hold annual parades featuring bagpipes (which actually first became popular in the Scottish and British armies) and drums.
No Irish Need Apply
Up until the mid-nineteenth century, most Irish immigrants in America were members of the Protestant middle class. When the Great Potato Famine hit Ireland in 1845, close to a million poor, uneducated, Catholic Irish began to pour into America to escape the starvation. Despised for their religious beliefs and funny accents by the American Protestant majority, the Catholic immigrants had trouble finding even menial jobs. When Irish Americans in the country's cities took to the streets on St. Patrick's Day to celebrate their heritage, newspapers portrayed them in cartoons as drunk, violent monkeys.
However, the Irish soon began to realize that their great numbers endowed them with a political power that had yet to be exploited. They started to organize, and their voting block, known as the "Green Machine," became an important swing vote for political hopefuls. Suddenly, annual St. Patrick's Day parades became a show of strength for Irish Americans, as well as a must-attend event for a slew of political candidates. In 1948, President Truman attended New York City's St. Patrick's Day parade, a proud moment for the many Irish whose ancestors had to fight stereotypes and racial prejudice to find acceptance in America.
Wearing of the Green Goes Global
Today, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by people of all backgrounds in the United States, Canada and Australia. Although North America is home to the largest productions. St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated in other locations far from Ireland, including Japan, Singapore and Russia.
In modern-day Ireland, St. Patrick's Day has traditionally been a religious occasion. In fact, up until the 1970's, Irish laws mandated that pubs be closed on March 17. Beginning in 1995, however, the Irish government began a national campaign to use St. Patrick's as an opportunity to drive tourism and showcase Ireland to the rest of the world. Last year, close to one million people took part in Ireland's St. Patrick's Festival in Dublin, a multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor theater productions and fireworks shows.
2011 Knight at the Races
April 9, 2011 – 06:45 PM
Come join us for a Knight at the races at The Knights of Columbus Hall located at 35-79 160th Street. Includes a hot buffet dinner and a cash bar.
Dinner will be served at 7:00PM first race to follow dinner. There will be raffle prizes and a good time to be had by all. Reserve your saddle early we are going to need jockeys to ride the horses. Bring a friend or two! More details to follow.
THIS IS A SMOKE FREE ENVIRONMENT
Marty Kovach 917 698 0494
Date: April 9, 2011
Time: 6:45PM
For more information contact me or Rich Monahan @ 917 769-2172
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RSVP
December 1, 2010
It’s not what you think. RSVP is the program that the Knights of Columbus has to encourage councils to support our seminarians. The Council was recognized for our efforts and support of semi-narian Sean Sukiel the past two years. We are now supporting an-other seminarian—Nixon Jean Pierre who is studying at Immacu-late Conception Seminary for the Brooklyn Diocese. Keep him in your prayers.
Remember our Priests
February 1, 2011
Remember our Member Priests with our Prayers and Support
Father Anthony Casey Father Coleman Costello
Father Peter DeSantis Father Charles Keeney
Msgr. John Mahoney Father Andrew Kim
Father Heebong Nam Father Frank Tumino
And our Priests Serving at OLBS
Fr. Robert Whelan, Pastor Msgr. William Flood
Fr. Thomas D’Albro Msgr. George Deas,
Pastor Emeritus
May God continue to Bless the work you do!
2017 Dues are Due
December 1, 2017
2017 Dues $35.00
Please send your 2011 Dues to F.S. design. John Cronan at
28-20 201 Street, Bayside, NY 11360
Name:____________________
Address_______________________________________
Phone:________________________________________
Enclosed: $35 Dues_____ $10 Brick _________
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