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Ancient Order of Hibernians Saint Patrick Retreat
Group W W W W W W W W W W W W W Malvern
Retreat House PHIL
BOWDREN - C.A. CAPTAIN
JACK KENNEDY - DIVISION 51 RECRUITER FOURTH
ANNUAL RETREAT
FRIDAY - SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 13TH - 15TH, 2009
(Check-In @ 6:00 PM Friday) The Retreat is open to all members
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (family and friends), but especially those living in Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester, Montgomery,
Bucks and Berks Counties...
The Malvern Retreat House (also known as St. Joseph’s in the Hills) has served millions
of people over the past 70 years and is situated on 125 woodland acres.
A retreat at Malvern is a great opportunity for you to get in touch with the
really important things in your life; your relationship with your God and your fellow man. It’s an opportunity to get
away from the daily rat race, to relax and to refresh your body and spirit.
If you are willing to help our Group grow,
if you need a Reservation Form, or just have a question, please contact:
Phil Bowdren, C.A. Captain, AOH Saint Patrick Retreat Group
(267) 254-2219 or saintpatrickretreatgroup@verizon.net
ABOUT
OUR GROUP... First Retreat: The first retreat
of the AOH St. Patrick Group was held from Friday to Sunday, February 17th - 19th, 2006 at St. Joseph's in the Hills -
Malvern Retreat House. While we officially only had twelve Hibernians attend as part of our group, there were a number of
Hibernian Brothers who were attending as part of the Knights of Columbus group that was there. Because we were a new group
with only a few men, we were incorporated into the DeSales Group; but we eventually hope to grow large enough to stand on
our own and have our own retreat / Retreat Master.
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| 2006 RETREAT - 1ST ANNUAL |
L-R:
Tom McCloskey (Div. 51), Jay McCarrie, (Div. 51), Joe Fox (Div. 17), Deacon Jerry Whartenby (Div. 17), Tim Lafferty (Div.
22), Phil Bowdren - C.A. Captain (Div. 51), Dan Lafferty Jr., (Div. 22), Dan Lafferty Sr. (Div. 22), Jack Kennedy (Div. 51),
Bob Haley (Div. 22), Dave Rudy (Div. 51), and Joe Hand (Div. 51)
Second Retreat: Our second retreat was held over the weekend of February 16th to 18th, 2007. Our numbers
increased to twenty one Hibernians, including Malvern's new Rector, Father Gregory Hickey, a member of Wolfe Tone Division
1, Chester County. Cold weather and snow on the ground in no way prevented us from having a great retreat. The liturgy, conferences,
speakers, and hospitality for the weekend were excellent. We want to thank the entire Malvern staff for a great retreat, especially
Hospitality Director and DeSales Group C.A. Captain Tom Stier.
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| 2007 RETREAT - 2ND ANNUAL |
Seated L-R: Bob Haley (Philly 22), Jack Kennedy (Philly 51), Dave Rudy (Philly 51), Jay McCarrie (Philly
51), Phil Bowdren - C.A. Captain (Philly 51), Joe Hand (Philly 51), Warren Holohan (Berks 2), Jim Haggerty (Philly 61) Standing L-R: Dan
Herron (Philly 65), Jim McNulty (Montco 2), Tom McCloskey (Philly 51), John Engle (Berks 2), Ray Bechtle (Berks 2), Joe Fox
(Philly 17), Hank Mullen (Berks 1), Charlie Wilson (Montco 2), Joe Smith (Montco 2), and Deacon Jerry Whartenby (Philly 17) Not Shown: Father
Greg Hickey - Rector / Retreat Master (Chester 1), Dan Lafferty Sr. (Philly 22), Dan Lafferty Jr. (Philly 22), Tim Lafferty
(Philly 22)
Third
Retreat: Our third retreat was held over the weekend of February 8th to 10th, 2008.
Our numbers remained about the same as last year, but there seems to be a lot more interest in the group. As expected, the
weather was cold, but that didn't deter anyone from having a great retreat. This year we were incorporated into the St.
John Neumann group, and our over all numbers for the weekend topped 312, which is about all the Retreat House can handle.
Lou Greco, the C.A. Captain of the Neumann Group did all he could to make us feel welcome. Our Retreat Master for the weekend
was Father Ned Murphy SJ, who runs a homeless shelter / soup kitchen in the Bronx.
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| 2008 RETREAT - 3RD ANNUAL |
Officially we only have 23 members in our group, but we
hope that each year that number will increase. The retreat is open to all members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, their
family and friends, but especially those living in the six county Philadelphia area (Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery
and Philadelphia counties).
To learn more about our group or about the Malvern Retreat House, please visit the
Group's website.
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DIVISION 51 - FISHTOWN
2913 Aramingo
Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19134
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