HUNTERSVILLE — St. Mark parishioners who attended the Saturday morning Mass Feb. 3 were greeted by a sea of green shirts in the pews, as more than 30 members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and family members attended Mass offered for the deceased members of the order.
This First Saturday Mass was offered by St. Mark’s parochial vicar, Father Noah Carter, and concluded with the blessing of throats to commemorate the feast of St. Blaise.
The AOH is a Catholic-Irish fraternal organization whose goals are to promote friendship, unity and Christian charity; foster and perpetuate Irish history, culture and traditions; and to protect and defend all life. To learn more, go to www.aohmeck2.org.
— Mike FitzGerald | Catholic News Herald