MASSACHUSETTS HONOR FOR FR. SEAN McMANUS
From the archives of the Irish National Caucus
The red print below makes it easier to read the handwriting just below “In recognition of…”
HIS PROTEST AGAINST THE CORRUPTION OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND JUDICIARY AND HIS DEVOTION TO THE TRUE CAUSE AND ONLY CAUSE, THAT OF A UNITED IRELAND IN OUR LIFETIME.
The Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, David M. Bartley, signed the Citation. The Citation was Proposed by Rep. Marie Howe and Rep. Ray Flynn, the future Mayor of Boston (1984-1993) and U.S.A. Ambassador to the Vatican (1993-1997), appointed by President Clinton. Mayor Flynn, since 1974, has remained a strong supporter of Fr. McManus’ work.
The date of the Citation is February 16, 1974, and was presented to Fr. Mc Manus when he travelled up from Baltimore, MD, where he was first based,
to speak in Boston. Ten days before that date, on February 6, Fr. Mc Manus had formed the Irish National Caucus. In the Summer of 1975, Fr. Mc Manus was assigned to the famous Mission Church in Roxbury, Boston, until 1978. Then on International Human Rights Day, December 10, 1978, Fr. Mc Manus opened the first and only Irish Office on Capitol Hill to get the U.S. Congress to stand up for Irish justice and peace … And, as they say, the rest is history.
And Fr. McManus keeps going as strong as ever.
To read what other qualified spokespersons have said about Fr. McManus and his work, click–
—Barbara Flaherty, Executive Vice President, Irish National Caucus.
