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L.A.O.H. Local History In the name of Countess de Markievicz, our division has been active in pursuing the purposes of the national organization. Although our division is small in number, we are great in living our motto of Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity. Since established, our division has raised over $20,000 for local and national charities, including: Sacred Heart Church, St. Patrick Church, Holy Rosary Family Shelter, Holy Family Soup Kitchen, J.O.I.N. (Joint Organization for Inner City Needs), the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor, the Columban Missions (our principal charity), St. Paul’s Church in Belfast, Ireland, All Hallows Seminary in Dublin, Ireland, the St. Brigid Altar at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. and S.O.A.R. (Save Our Aging Religious). We also promote and support Right to Life activities. We believe that all life - born and unborn - is sacred, and that we should work to promote that value in our families, schools, communities and throughout the nation. Our division supports this value through prayers and action in various Right to Life activities. We also continue to pray and work for peace and justice in all 32 counties of Ireland; we have helped to circulate petitions and have written letters in support of the MacBride Principles, which call for the end of discriminatory work practices in the North of Ireland. We will continue to work for justice in Ireland and to keep the moral issues at stake alive in the minds and consciences of the people we meet and in our community. The members of our division have supported and promoted Irish culture by participation in the Dublin Feis, the Dublin Festival, the Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaeilge), the 1990 Oireachtas, the Celtic New Year celebration (sponsored by the AOH), the Irish Cabaret (sponsored by the AOH and the Shamrock Club), the Columbus Celtic Dancers, Irish language masses, the Irish Way Program and performances by Irish musicians and artists visiting Columbus. The National LAOH also sponsors an essay contest on Irish history for students, a partial scholarship to Trinity College in Washington D.C. and a chair at the University of Notre Dame for the Study of the History of the Catholic Church in the United States and the Irish contribution to that history. |
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