Q: When is st. Patricks day?
A: Monday, March 17, but this year Saint Patrick's Day will be celebrated by the Catholic Church on Friday, March 14. Saint Patrick died in 461 C.E., after preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Ireland for 40 years, on March 17 and the Church celebrates this patron saint of Ireland's feast day on that date. Millions of Irish immigrants who have come to the United States brought the celebration of this saint with them. Unfortunately in 2008, for the first time since 1940, Saint Patrick's Day will fall during Holy Week, the sacred seven days preceding Easter. The Catholic Church announced in December 2006 and again in April 2007 that, in 2008, the Church's celebration of the feast day of Saint Patrick would be moved our of Holy Week to Friday, March 14. The Church informed the communities in which major Saint Patrick festivities are celebrated of what the Church's plans but left the separate communities to make their own decisions. Would it not be better to celebrate on a Friday than a Monday anyway? http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0801013.htm http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2008/02/24/features/religion/relig918.txt With love in Christ.
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