Hello everyone! Today is St. Patrick's
Day so we going to learn about what St. Patrick did and why has a
holiday! St. Patrick was born in England and brought to Ireland by
slavers. He was a slave in Ireland for six years before he was able
to return to his family. When he was leaving Ireland, he knew one day
he would go back there.
St. Patrick was ordained a priest after
spending a long time in monasteries. Pope Celestine himself told St.
Patrick to go to Ireland and spread the Catholic church to the pagan
Irish. When Patrick got there he ran into a good deal of trouble
trying to convert the Irish.
The druids especially didn't want to
give up their religion and Patrick and his church was a frightening.
The Irish king never would convert to the church, although most of
his family members did. Slowy but surely, the old pagan ways began to
fade away.
Patrick would go all over Ireland
removing idols and temples and built cathedrals and churches. He
built the first cathedral in Armagh in 444 AD. He baptized, confirmed
and ordained new priests to help him spread the religion. He built
catholic schools and monasteries.
Patrick got all this done in less than
thirty years, at which point all of Ireland was converted. He wrote a
book called Confessions, which told his story. He died March 17th,
461 of natural causes. A man called Luke Wadding who was a scholar in
Waterford living in 1588, is responsible for St. Patrick's death day
to be a holy feast day.
Now St. Patrick's Day is a national
holiday for Northern and Southen Ireland. People use the day to
celebrate being Irish and have traditional dishes such as Irish brown
bread, corned beef and cabbage, beef and guiness pie, Irish cream
chocolate mousse cake, Irish coffee, Irish potato champs, Irish stew
or Irish potato soup.
Aside from the good food, some more
religious people may make a pilgrimage to St. Patrick's Purgatroy, a
place for penance and spiritual healing. This is found on Station
Island in the County Donegal. This place is where St. Patrick had a
vision that anyone who would come to thata place would receive pardon
for their sins.
Sources:
St. Patrick's Day
https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/common/st-patrick-day
Who is St. Patrick and Why do We Celebrate St. Patrick's Day?http://www.dummies.com/religion/christianity/catholicism/who-is-st-patrick-and-why-do-we-celebrate-st-patricks-day/
Sources:
St. Patrick's Day
https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/common/st-patrick-day
Who is St. Patrick and Why do We Celebrate St. Patrick's Day?http://www.dummies.com/religion/christianity/catholicism/who-is-st-patrick-and-why-do-we-celebrate-st-patricks-day/
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