Saint Patrick’s Day

Saint Patrick’s Day

1. is an annual feast day that celebrates Saint Patrick

2. It is celebrated on march 17

3. The day is a national holiday of ireland

4. This day was placed on the universal liturgical calendar in the catholic church

5. St. Patrick's Day is a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics in Ireland. The holiday normally falls during Lent.

6. Saint Patrick was born as Maewyn Succat during the 4th century in Great Britain.

7. His parents were very rich.

8. His father was also a Christian deacon for reasons of tax incentives. When Maewyn was about sixteen, his family and home were attacked by Irish invaders.

9. Maewyn was abducted and forced to become a slave working as a pastor in County Mayo in Ireland. It was during his time as a slave that he turned to God. He had a dream one night to escape the next day and travel back home to Britain.

   • After almost thirty years of teaching and spreading the word of God, he died on March 17, 461 AD. Shortly after his death, the country of Ireland decided to remember his death with a day of his own and was born on St. Patrick's Day.

10. Once he returned, Maewyn had another dream religious. An angel told him to become a missionary and propagate Christianity in Ireland. He then spent the next fifteen years of formation to become a priest and chose Patrick as his Christian saint.

11. One of his methods of teaching includes using the clover to explain the Holy Trinity (the father, the son and the Holy Spirit) to the Irish people.

12. Originally the color associated with San Patricio was blue, not green. However over the years the color green and its association with St. Patrick's Day grew. Green ribbons and shamrocks were used in the celebration of St. Patrick's Day as early as the 17th century.

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