Kentucky Irish American., 1914-03-14
Hibernians Have Splendid
Record For Achievement
Here.
Ever Loyal to the Church and
the Country of Their
Adoption.
WHAT THIS ORDER is DOING

There are many reasons why
Irish-Americans should be proud of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians and
its splendid record of achievement.
Here are a few of them:
Since 1889 the order and the
Ladies' Auxiliaries have paid out in
sick and funeral benefits more than
$7,50O,000, and in charity the sum
of 81, 100000. The A. o. II. endowed
chair for $4,000 in the Catholic
University of America in order that
the language, literature and history
of Ireland might be taught. In 1906
$4,000 was raised for members OF
the order who suffered in the San
Francisco earthquake.
The work of the Gaelic League
has had loyal support from the A.
o. H. More than $25, 200 has been
contributed to this cause by the or
der, which made successful the
American tour of the President of
the league, DR.. Douglas Hyde, who
has testified to the cooperation OF
the order in all cities that he visited
The interest of the order in the study
of the language of Ireland also has
been shown by the founding by II
of more than 500 scholarships for
the study of Gaelic in colleges and
academies in America. The Ladies'
Auxiliary has contributed $4,000 to
Trinity College, Washington, ID. G.
The A. o. H. and the Ladies' Aux
iliary have given $4,000 to the
Catholic Church Extension Society
to aid in its great work of supplying
churches to communities in the West
and Southwest
These many activities of the
Ancient Order OF Hibernians and the
ladies Auxiliary have been com
|mended time and again by the Gath
|olic Bishops and priests OF the
United States These organizations
have ever been loyal to the Catholic
church and have never failed to as
sist in any enterprise undertaken
by the church.
Reviewing the history of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians, MEM
her makes this eloquent summary of
its aims "This great organization
the Ancient Order of Hibernians. a
society born in the persecution of
the clergy, baptized in the blood of
priests and people, confirmed by the
hierarchy of the church, when tran
guilty was restored, that has lived
for three and one-half centuries ele-
waiting, ennobling. assisting and
Strengthening, is blessed by God, and
Is destined to survive. This is the
history of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians in America briefly stated
Every year witnessed its growth
its expansion. Every day sees the
exemplification of its beneficiaries-~
it's helpfulness. II is the only dis
|tinotively Irish Catholic society in
the world that stands with open
arms, welcoming to its fraternal EN-
brace every Catholic descending from
an Irish parent, be that parent male
or female, in the remotest degree.
This is a great record for any or
ganization, and we may well be
proud OF our organization. because
as time lasts, so long will this or
ganization exist to do the great and
noble work destined for 1t. Protect
the weak, advance the men of our
race. assist each other, visit the sick.
bury our dead. comfort the wife and
children IN their distress, practice
our holy religion, give good example
by living good. clean, moral lives.
"The Ancient order of Hibernians
in America demands fair play for
Irishmen and Irishwomen the world
over. II commands attention and re-
spect II is doing more than this.
II is disseminating historical truths
concerning our fatherland II is
undoing the work of prejudiced his
torians on both sides Of the Atlantic,
work done to the detriment OF every
thing Irish. 1t is showing that while
llliteracy was freely and frequently
charged against our ancestors, they
we're the victims OF such cruel, such
lnhuman laws, that the marvel is,
not that some OF the Irish people In
the past have been uneducated, but
that our people as a race have main
tained their identity. We are cor
recting the lies Of prejudice and
blgotry. We are striving to per-
petuate the virtues OF our fore
fathers. TO rescue their regulations
from the obloquy that our enemies
would cast upon them. What the
Ancient Order OF Hibernians has
been during past ages, the Ancient
Order OF Hibernians in America is
today, with its ramifications through
the States and Territories Of the
Union and Dominion OF Canada, pro-
claiming for all our members friend
ship, unity. true Christian charity
and equal opportunity for every
Irlshman OF Irishwoman the world
over"