Q: Everybodybody is celebrating it today, but i thought it was the 15 b/c it interferred with holy week!? Irish bishops move St. Patrick's Day 2008 over conflict with Holy Week Dublin, Jul 19, 2007 / 10:42 am (CNA).- Religions celebrations for St. Patrick's Day will come two days early in Ireland next year to avoid a conflict with Holy Week. St. Patrick's Day is usually celebrated March 17, but Ireland's bishops have shifted the feast day, in honor of the national saint, to Saturday, March 15, reported The Associated Press. Church authorities reportedly spent weeks debating where to move the feast day because March 17, 2008, falls on the second day of Holy Week next year. The liturgical norms would require the feast day to be moved to the earliest available date after Easter, which would be April 1. But church officials said the Vatican approved the March 15 date in order to minimize conflict with the scheduled civic events. While religious celebrations honoring St. Patrick are affected, religious and secular authorities stressed this would not change secular festivities.
A: Yeah I heard that too, but it seems that the parades and all the St.Patricks stuff is on today. And it's a bank holiday, I'm not working today.