Larry Butler

Retired Customs Officer, married with a grown up family, Larry has been involved with various organisations since first joining Clones Civil Defence Casualty Service in 1981. In 1997 he joined Chernobyl Children International and served as a Group Leader, organising host families taking children to Ireland for rest and recuperation and as a humanitarian aid co-ordinator, oganising and participating in convoys of aid to Belarus and Western Russia. He is also a member of the St. Joseph Young Priests Society. He joined the Sacred Heart Conference of Saint Vincent de Paul Society in Clones around 2002 as a volunteer, and served as Conference President before being appointed Area President for Monaghan Area Council in 2010. His wish is to ensure to the best of his ability that the principles and aims of Blessed Frederic Ozanam are visible and to the fore