Saint Patrick and St Patrick's Day

St. Elizabeth was known for helping the poor and sick and started Catholic schools and orphanages. After 16 years of being a Catholic, she died of tuberculosis on January 4, 1821. She was canonized on September 14, 1975; she was also the first native-born American to be canonized. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is the patron saint of in laws, abortions, widows, the death of parents, and opposition of the church authority. This is the wonderful life of Saint Elizabeth Ann

St.Patrick's day is celebrated on March 17, St.Valentine's day is celebrated on February 14. St.Patricks day has a four leaf clover as the holidays simboly. St. Valentine's day has a heart as it’s simboly. On St.Patrick's day people eat corned beef and cabbage, on St.Valentines day people eat chocolates and candy. St.Valentine's day and St.Patrick's day both have St and day in the name. Both St.Patrick's day and St.Valentine's day are celebrated on someone's death. St.Valentine and St.Patrick are both men. That is why St.Patrick's day and St.Valentine's day are both alike and different.

When I was told to choose a saint to be my patron saint for Confirmation, I thought the choice was obvious for me. It took me just a few moments and one quick touch to my neck to remember my patron saint, Saint Sebastian. I have a medal that I wear every time I leave the house with a picture of Saint Sebastian that says “Saint Sebastian Pray For Us.” I was given this medal when I was very young.

Saint Raphael's feastday is September 29th. He is the patron saint of many things including the blind, the bodily ill, the traveling, happy meetings, nurses, physicians,

Another quality I wanted in a Confirmation Saint was for me to have a great interest in her. The fact that made her the most compelling saint was, she found the Cross of Jesus. In the year 326 Helen traveled to Jerusalem after having a dream about the location of the

St.Michael the Archangel actually helps people so much even some people today. St.Michael helps people find the courage to face danger and carry on (St.Michael the archangel 12). St.Michael helps/affects people today because he has a prayer which helps and makes people feel stronger every time they pray it (Saint Michael Center 4). People who face danger every day working to protect us find that St.Michael’s medal fortifies their faith and reinforces their commitment to the protection for others (St.Michael the Archangel 12). The Archangel St.Michael is the patron saint of the warrior, who catholics have designated as the protector of those who strive to preserve security, safety, and peace (St.Michael the archangel 1). As such members of

(Padre Pio of Pietrelcina) One example, is when Consiglia De Martino of southern, Italy was suddenly struck by a terrible disease and would have need surgery to survive, but the night prior to the surgery she prayed to Padre Pio and the next morning she was completely healed. Padre Pio's feast day is on September 23rd and he is the patron saint of civil defense volunteers and Catholic adolescents. (A Padre Pio Celebration)

St Patricks Cathedral is the mother church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. It was named after St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. The church was officially opened in 1997, however the first mass took place in February 1858.

St. Margaret was canonized a saint in 1250 by Pope Innocent IV in recognition of her “personal holiness, fidelity to the Church, work for religious reform, and charity.” On June 19th, 1250, her remains were taken to a chapel in Dunfermline Abbey where she was buried before the high altar. Today, we celebrate her feast day on November 16th (the day of her death.) She is patron of Scotland and known as “The Pearl of Scotland.” There are hundreds of schools named after St. Margaret that remember her reformation of the church and help to the poor.

For more than 50 years the Chicago River is dyed green. This tradition originated from two families. The Butler’s and the Rowan’s.

Most Catholics are familiar with saints such as St. Augustine, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Patrick. They lived and died in the Old World long before Christopher Columbus discovered America. Soon after the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria arrived from Spain, many missionaries came from Europe to convert the indigenous peoples. Not as well known to most readers are the saints of the New

Saints are always different from everyday people, thus no one understands them in their lives, only a lot of years after their death. Joan of Arc was a saint like this as well, she was too far ahead of her times and was killed by her fellow men, because they didn’t know what else to do. She was canonized in 1920, after 489 years of her death. In my opinion, she was not only a saint, but meant to be an angel and showed a good example to all of us, how to behave ourselves in the name of honour, honesty, and glory.

St. Patrick was born around the year 387 A.D. in present day Britain, since at the time the area Britain was controlled by the Romans that area could be considered Roman Britain. His real name, according to Bibliography, was Maewyn Succat, the name Patrick was the name he took after he was ordained. Patrick’s parents were named Conchessa and Calphurnius Succat. Patrick came from a faithful family. His father was a deacon, and his grandfather, Pontius, was a member of the clergy. His mother also happened to be a close relative of the great patron St. Martin of Tours. What’s extremely surprising is that Patrick wasn’t raised with much of an emphasis on religion, and neither was education. His lack of education would later became an embarrassment for him. Patrick was also from a rich family. Durring his teenage years he was kidnapped by Irish raiders, but most people just think of them as pirates. During his imprisonment he became more and more religious, he even began to believe his kidnapping was a punishment for his lack for faith. In his autobiography the Confessio, he wrote he was imprisoned for six years, in the northern part of Ireland working as a shepherd.

Celebrated globally as St. Patrick’s day every March 17th, very little is known about the real St.

Clare as my patron saint because of her unconditional love for God. Her friends hated this work she was doing for God and her parents tried in every way to make her return home, but Clare would not. Soon her fifteen-year-old sister Agnes also joined her. Before long there was a small religious community. No matter what others thought of her work she still continued on, that is really what I strive for in my faith. Another reason why I chose St. Clare is that she never let anything get her down because she was always doing what she loved. St. Clare was sick for twenty-nine years before she died on August 11, 1253. But she was always joyful because she was serving the Lord. Some people worried that the nuns were suffering because they were so poor. "They say that we are too poor, but how can a heart which holds the infinite God be