Hibernians in Lawrence MA Announce 2020 Award Recipients

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The Rev. James T. O’Reilly OSA Division 8 Ancient Order of Hibernians in Lawrence, Massachusetts has announced the recipients of the 2020 Awards.

Among the winners:

The Rev. Christopher J. Casey has been chosen as the 2020 recipient of the Richard Cardinal Cushing Award.  He is a native Lawrencian and was ordained at Holy Cross Cathedral in 2007 by Sean Cardinal O'Malley.   

The Richard Cardinal Cushing Award was established in 1974, and named for the legendary Archbishop of the Boston Archdiocese.   For the past 46 years this award has been presented to an individual in the Greater Lawrence area who emulate the characteristics of this beloved prelate.

Mark J. Alaimo is the 2020 Irishman of the Year. A graduate Holy Trinity Grammar School, Central Catholic High School and Bentley University, Mark is active in several Catholic fraternal and service organizations,  including AOH Division 8, Saint Monica Knights of Columbus Council 14725 in Methuen and the Father James O’Donnell, OSA Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus Assembly 393.

These two awards are being presented at the 149th Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Dinner Dance on Saturday, March 7, 2020.  

Larry F. Giordano is receiving the Hon. John E. Fenton Citizenship Award.  A foster child himself, Larry founded Foster Kids of the Merrimack Valley fifteen years ago to help support foster children and help them to be the best they can be. The Fenton award is being given to Larry at Division 8’s 51st Annual Saint Patrick Day Luncheon on Friday, March 13.

To attend the Hibernian Dinner Dance on March 7,  contact Dinner Dance Chairman Charles Breen @508 328 0323

To attend the 50th Annual Hibernian Saint Patrick’s Day Luncheon,  contact Luncheon Chairman, Jack Lahey at 603 898 7766.

Find more information about the AOH, Division 8 of Lawrence, including the Irish Heritage Month taking place each March in Lawrence, MA.

Here is information on AOH State Board of Massachusetts. 






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