Here are the nomination criteria for the three honors to be awarded at the 2023 NJAOH State Convention from the state bylaws:

 

ARTICLE 23

AWARDS

VOLUNTEER PAT TORPHY MEDAL PROGRAM: 

The State Board shall award biennially, a memento to be known as the Volunteer Pat Torphy Medal to a Hibernian for outstanding service in his field of endeavor.

The memento shall be presented to the recipient at the State Convention.

CORPORAL MICHAEL P. CURTIN AWARD: 

The State Board shall award biennially, a memento to be known as the Corporal Michael P. Curtin Award to a Hibernian who has made a change in someone’s life for the better.

The memento shall be presented to the recipient at the State Convention.

THE MCFAUL- MULLAN AWARD: 

The State Board shall award biennially, a memento to be known as the McFaul-Mullan award (Bishop James A. McFaul, the second Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton – Father Hugh Mullan, Corpus Christi Chapel, Belfast Ireland) honoring a Religious or Lay person that has shown outstanding service of love and forgiveness with understanding and compassion. We acknowledge their continued efforts of living the Gospel truths with justice and faithfulness as they humbly serve the Catholic Church. Their faith and spirit has guided The Ancient Order of Hibernians with the spiritual guidance that assists all men of this order in living our motto of friendship, unity, and true Christian charity. 

The memento shall be presented to the recipient at the State Convention.