Catholic art and history museum hosts "An Irish Celebration" March 11. (Transcripts).Surrounded by artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. celebrating the contributions of New York's famed "Fighting 69th" regiment and its military chaplains and the patron saint patron saint Saint to whose protection and intercession a person, society, church, place, profession, or activity is dedicated. The choice is usually made on the basis of some real or presumed relationship (e.g., St. of the Irish, Saint Patrick, The National Museum of Catholic Art and History (NMCAH) hosted a landmark "An Irish Celebration," on March 11. Over 300 attended the special pre-St. Patrick's Day cocktail reception held at the Museum's East Harlem site. The reception was preceded by a special mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Shrine located next to NMCAH. The National Museum of Catholic Art and History, located in historic East Harlem, is the only museum of its kind in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. exclusively devoted to Catholic art and history. It's mission is to collect, preserve and interpret the history of Judeo-Christian artwork, artifacts, books, documents and manuscripts, in particular as they relate to the Catholic experience in the New World. NMCAH will open to the public this spring. The proceeds from the evening benefited NMCAH and its educational programs. "An Irish Celebration" paid tribute to special guest, Governor Hugh Carey Hugh Leo Carey (born April 11, 1919) was the Governor of New York between 1975 and 1982. Carey was born in Brooklyn, New York. Carey joined the U.S. Army as an enlisted man during World War II, served in Europe, and reached the rank of major. , former governor of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State. Guests of Honor were William Flynn, chairman of Mutual of America Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, also referred to as Mutual of America is a Fortune 1000 mutual company based in New York, New York. Founded in 1945, it is ranked on the Forbes 500 list as the 10th largest insurance company in the United States. and John Green, business manager and president, Elevator Constructors, Local Union #1. Special Awards were presented to Major General Joseph A. Healy, USA (Ret.), Honorary Colonel of the 69th Regiment and Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey A. Slack, Commander, 69th Infantry (Mech). For the occasion, NMCAH assembled artifacts on special loan from the 69th Regiment archives including photos of poet Sgt. Joyce Kilmer; photos and salutes to Father Francis P. Duffy, famed chaplain of the "Fighting 69th" and a letter to the Regiment from President William McKinley. In tribute to the Irish contribution to America, NMCAH hosted a special tribute to Saint Patrick, including an exhibition of icons with the image of the Saint; preaching stoles; enlarged images of "The Confession of the Book of Armagh The Book of Armagh (Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 52) is a 9th century Irish manuscript. It is also known as the Canon of Patrick and the Liber Ar(d)machanus. It contains some of the oldest surviving specimens of Old Irish. " and a display of Celtic Crosses. |
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