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Grand
Marshal and Deputy Grand Marshal of the 2005
Newark
Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Announced
Newark, NJ –
February 1, 2005 - General Chairman Kevin Frey and the Newark Saint
Patrick’s Day Parade Committee announced the selection of a Grand Marshal
and Deputy Grand Marshal to lead their 70th Annual Parade on
Sunday, March 20, 2005. The parade will begin promptly at 1:00PM.
The Grand
Marshal of the 2006 Newark St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be Monsignor John
J. Gilchrist. Msgr. Gilchrist is the Pastor of Holy Cross Church in
Harrison, NJ.
Msgr.
Gilchrist was ordained in 1857. He has earned degrees in languages,
sciences and religious studies at Seton Hall University and Darlington
Seminary. He is the Chairman of the Newark Archdiocesan Commission for
Inter-Religious Affairs. He is a columnist for the Catholic Advocate, the
official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Newark which reaches 115,000
readers bi-weekly.
He is
currently the Chaplain for the New Jersey State AFL-CIO and Local 68
International Union of Operating Engineers. He serves as Spiritual Director
to the Essex West Hudson Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
Prior to
serving Holy Cross Church, Msgr. Gilchrist was the Parochial Vicar at Saint
Cecelia Parish in Kearny, NJ. During his tenure in St. Cecelia Parish, he
fostered a unit for the mentally challenged under the auspices of the Mount
Carmel Guild of the Archdiocese of Newark. Msgr. Gilchrist is President of
the Hudson County Resource Center’s Board for Tenant Advocacy.
The Deputy
Grand Marshall of the 2006 Newark St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be Sister
Eileen Bradshaw, SC. Sr. Bradshaw
has been a
Sister of Charity of Saint Elizabeth for 54 years.
Sister
Eileen Bradshaw has served in the city of Newark for 25 years. She
currently serves as Director of Development at Saint Vincent Academy,
founded in 1869. Today, it is the only Catholic secondary school for young
women in Newark. Sister Eileen began her ministry at SVA as a mathematics
teacher, later served as principal, and again as a member of the first
administrative team. Prior to her service at SVA, Sr. Bradshaw taught at
East Orange Catholic High School and at St. Peter’s Elementary School in New
Brunswick.
Sister
Eileen was born in Jersey City. Her grandparents were from County Roscommon
and County Kerry. Sister Eileen graduated from the Academy of Saint
Elizabeth. She holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the College of
Saint Elizabeth and a master’s degree, also in mathematics, from the
University of Notre Dame.
She is
pleased to accept the honor of being Deputy Grand Marshal of the Newark
Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in the name of the Sisters of Charity of Saint
Elizabeth. Mother Mary Xavier Mehegan, a native of Skibbereen, County Cork,
Ireland, founded the congregation in Newark in 1859. Her Irish faith and
heritage greatly influenced the congregation for the 57 years she served as
the Superior of the congregation and continue to influence the members and
their ministries today. The first motherhouse was on the corner of Bleeker
and Washington Streets in Newark.
The 2006
Newark St. Patrick’s Day Parade is being dedicated to Patrick J. Tansey, who
died on January 29, 2006 at age 55. Pat was born and raised in Newark and
had lived in Rockaway, NJ for many years. He was a retired Newark
Firefighter. After thirty-three years of service, he retired as a battalion
chief for the Newark Fire Department and was named Chief of Staff to the
Director of the Newark Fire Department. He served as Commandant of the
Newark Fire Department Training Academy and the Office of Emergency
Management. Pat served as President of the NJ Association of Professional
Fire Fighters and of the International Association of Firefighters,
AFL-CIO. He was Past President of the Newark Fire Officers Union Local 1860
and a commissioner of the 911 Emergency Telephone Response System.
Pat
testified many times before the New Jersey State Legislature as an advocate
for the Health and Welfare of New Jersey’s Fire Fighters. He was on the
Board of Trustees of the St. Barnabus Burn Unit. A member of the Essex
County Police and Fire Emerald Society, Pat was an original member of the
Essex County Police and Fire Pipe Band.
Pat attended
Sacred Heart School in the Vailsburg section of Newark. He attended Seton
Hall Prep and Seton Hall University before becoming a Newark firefighter.
Pat left
behind his wife, Barbara (Conlan) Tansey and four children: Erin, Patrick,
Elle and Liam.
The parade
will assemble at Washington Street and Central Avenue. The parade route
will run east on Central Avenue, then south on Broad Street, past Newark
City Hall, and ending at Court Street. There will be two reviewing stands,
one located at the corner of Broad Street and New Street and the second
located at Newark City Hall.
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