The Pastor spent a non-stop 36 hours in NYC at the time of one of its annual big celebrations: St. Patrick's Day. It was a good feeling for me to be back with a part of the NYFD that I chaplained for five years. I marched with the Fire Department's Emerald Society Bagpipe band ... accompanied with Mayor Bloomberg ... that afforded a stop and greeting with Cardinal Egan and Chancellor, Msgr. Tom Gileece in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral. 
Seeing the crowds along the snow-cleared 5th Avenue provided some laughs and this is one of the milder but more attractive sights.
Seeing the crowds along the snow-cleared 5th Avenue provided some laughs and this is one of the milder but more attractive sights.The primary purpose for the trip was to attend a fund-raising St. Patrick's Day party at O'Flanagan's Bar and Grill on the upper East Side for the Rigby Foundation,
sponsored by my sister and brother-in-law, pictured here. The foundation raises monies to provide smoke detectors for fire departments to distribute among families who might have need of the life-saving alarms. Through the work of many Georgetown Graduates, the foundation's coffers were augmented by some $150,000. What a benefit for many. The picture that follows introduces a G'town grad who found a place a the bar! And would you entrust your derivative investments to this young man???
Your spiritual shepherd also found time to meet a friend for a Saturday matinee of an "updated" version of
Despite the almost 8 hour drive -- encountered the snow storm of the weekend on the way to NYC -- the 36 hours were filled with family, friends and entertainment.
Despite the almost 8 hour drive -- encountered the snow storm of the weekend on the way to NYC -- the 36 hours were filled with family, friends and entertainment.
