Boston
Chicago
Milwaukee
New York Project Irish Outreach
Ocean City, MD
Philadelphia
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle

Currently the membership in the Irish Apostolate USA consists of 9 immigration and outreach centers.  There are Irish Immigration Pastoral Centers in Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco and Irish Outreach Centers in Milwaukee, Ocean City, Maryland, San Diego, and Seattle.

Click on the link below for the services offered at that center:

Boston: www.ipcboston.org
Irish Immigration Pastoral Centre – Boston
The Irish Pastoral Centre was founded in 1987 in response to a larger increase in Irish Immigrants in the Greater Boston area. The IPC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and is funded by the Irish government and by donations from the Irish community. The IPC is run by dedicated staff and a number of Irish emigrant volunteers.

The centre strives to assist Irish Emigrants in varying capacities and facilitate their transition to life in America so that it may be a positive experience for them.
Contact: Sr. Marguerite Kelly, Dir.
Fr. John McCarthy, Chaplain
953 Hancock St.
Quincy, MA 02170
Phone: 617-479-7404
Fax: 617-479-0541
E-mail: ipcboston@yahoo.com

Chicago: www.ci-is.com
Chicago Irish Immigrant Support
The Chicago Irish Immigrant Support Center is a not-for-profit organization here to serve the needs of Irish immigrants in the Chicago area and the central portion of the United States.
Contact: Breandán Magee, Exec. Dir.
Fr. Michael Leonard, Chaplain
640 North LaSalle, Suite 390
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: 312-337-8445
Fax: 312-337-8446
E-mail: irishoverhere@sbcglobal.net

Milwaukee: www.ichc.net
Irish Immigrant Service of Milwaukee at The  Irish Cultural and Heritage Center of WisconsinMilwaukee's Irish community invites you to visit the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center (ICHC) located in the landmark Grand Avenue Congregational Church building just west of downtown.  It now is the home of a wide range of cultural and educational programs and the site for concerts, lectures, art exhibits, dances, Irish music classes, and a center for genealogical research.
Contact: John Gleeson
2133 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53233-1910
E-mail: gleeson@uwm.edu

New York Project Irish Outreach:
Project Irish Outreach is located at the Aisling Irish Center, 990 McLean Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10467.  Sr. Christine Hennessy, a social worker at the center, is available for confidential consultations from Monday to Friday from 9am – 5pm.  Information, referral and advocacy is offered on a variety of matters including social service entitlements, medicaid and medicare information/referral, maternity services, addiction prevention and treatment, crisis intervention and pastoral counseling.   
Contact: Sr. Christine Hennessy – Aisling Center, Yonkers
Phone: 914-237-5121
Fax: 914-237-5172
E-mail: sr.christine.hennessy@archny.org

Project Irish Outreach is based in mid-town Manhattan at the Catholic Center. Patricia O’Callaghan provides confidential information, including information and referral on legal immigration matters, social services and entitlements, maternity services, and crisis intervention.  Legal immigration representation is available in Catholic Charities Department of Immigration Services.  To prepare for any future legalization program, ask about ways that you can stay informed and be ready, should legalization be signed into law sometime in the future.     Confidential immigration information is also available from the New York Immigration Hotline 1(800) 566-7636, located at the Catholic Center.
Contact: Patricia O’Callaghan
1011 First Ave.
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-371-1011, ext. 3640
Fax: 212-755-1526
E-mail: patricia.ocallaghan@archny.org
           

Ocean City, MD: (May-September)
Irish Student Outreach Center
Every spring a team of volunteers welcomes Irish students who are in the USA on J-1 visas at the local Social Security office.  They distribute flyers offering assistance and notify students of local ordinances re: housing, drinking, noise, etc; and provide the schedule of Masses for the four Catholic Churches in Ocean City.  The volunteers assist students in obtaining affordable housing and provide a weekly breakfast or dinner.  Students are given copies of the office business card with the hot-line telephone number. 
Contact: William. J. Ferguson
13701 Sailing Road
Ocean City, MD 21842
Phone: 410-250-0362
Phone: 443-783-7893
E-mail:  wfergus4@aol.com

Philadelphia: www.irishimmigrants.org
Irish Immigration and Pastoral Center – Philadelphia
The Irish Immigration and Pastoral Center exists to serve the needs of the Irish Immigrant Community and their families in the Delaware Valley. The center maintains an open-door policy and believes in networking with other immigrant groups.  The Irish Immigration and Pastoral Center provides information, guidance, citizenship applications and various professional services to new arrivals and the established immigrant community.
Contacts: Tom Conaghan & Serena White
7 South Cedar Lane
Upper Darby, PA 19082-2816
Phone: 610-789-6355
Fax: 610-789-6352
Emergency Pager: 610-912-9040
E-mail: irishimmigration@aol.com

San Diego: www.irishoutreachsd.org
Irish Outreach – San Diego
Irish Outreach San Diego, Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization providing help and hope to Irish Immigrants in the San Diego area. Irish Outreach provides resources and information for the new immigrant in the areas of orientation, employment, housing, immigration laws, legal representation, landlord/tenant disputes, citizenship processing, alcohol and drug counseling, pre-marriage counseling, support and social integration.
Contact: Bernadette Cashman
2725 Congress Street 2G
San Diego, CA 92110
Phone: 619-291-1630
E-mail:  help@irishoutreachsd.org

San Francisco:  www.sfiipc.org
Irish Immigration Pastoral Center – San Francisco
The Irish Immigration Pastoral Center (IIPC) is a non-profit, volunteer managed organization assisting Irish immigrants in the San Francisco and the Bay Area. IIPC is committed to providing advice, information, advocacy, referral and support for immigrants on issues related to immigration, employment, housing, career, education and social services.
Contact: Celine Kennelly
Fr. Brendan McBride, Chaplain
5340 Geary Blvd., Suite 206
San Francisco, CA 94121
Phone: 415-752-6006
Fax: 415-752-6910
E-mail: iipc@pacbell.net

Seattle: www.IrishSeattle.com
Seattle Immigration Support Group
Irish Immigrants in Western Washington who need assistance of any kind, whether because of drug or alcohol abuse, spousal abuse, work problems, family issues, visa problems, problems with the INS or the Police - whatever the problem, free advice and referral assistance are available by contacting the phone or email listed below.
Contacts: John Keane & James Cummins
5819 St. Andrew’s Drive
Mukilteo, WA 98275
Phone: 425-244-5147
Fax: 425-977-0244
E-mail: SIISG@IrishClub.org