Promoting the Irish Blessings

blow up to read the card

Last year one of the volunteers at the Tin Can Sailor (Destroyer Veterans) annual meeting (and our own Irish Song Reunion), Paula Botelho, became enamored with the story of Fr. O'Callahan and the USS Franklin and our association.  She has since become an ambassador of the IRISH BLESSING in MA and RI where she volunteers with community service projects.  Often she will tell the story of Fr. O'Callahan and give out some facsimiles of our ship's seal with the instructions to say a prayer for a veteran and receive an Irish Blessing in return. 




This week I received in the mail some cookies and a shamrock dish towel from Paula in gratitude for her new-found enjoyment of passing along the story and the blessings.   Well, blessings must revolve so, I am sending her some of our prints and more sticky seals to share with special people.   At this year's reunion in Boston, I hope she and others from the DESVETS organization (big write-up on us last year) are able to share in the transfer of the seal for the next host pub. (Boston is HQ for DESVETS).

I think she meant for all of us to enjoy the cookies - so I will let you all know how they taste!  "Really good" ...  so .... that is something you can enjoy --- my report.   THANK YOU, PAULA ! 

prints and coins available from our ship's store - at ussocallahan.org .

(shown are the 11x14 prints and post cards)