Saint Patrick's Day

of Canonization is the process that a person must go through to become a saint. This began around the tenth century. Pope John Paul II changed the process in 1983. Here is the process. The first requirement is that the person must be dead for at least five years. They must be a very holy person and a servant of God. Then the person’s local church members must start a petition to request that this person should become a saint. The Bishop will look into this person’s life and decide whether or not to

Every year 10 days before Saint Patrick’s Day the campus of Missouri University of Science and Technology demonstrates a strange tradition known as snake pits. Snake pits typically consist of freshmen fraternity members whacking snakes with huge decorated sticks known as shillelaghs a certain amount of times. The number of times they whack the snake is correlated to how many years it has been since 1908 which is the year snake pits started. Each time they whack the snake they count up screaming “nth

St. Patrick 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

Fig 1. St. Patrick’s day is a cultural and religious event celebrated on march 17, the death date of Saint Patrick otherwise known as Patron Saint of Ireland. St. Patrick’s day was officially made a Christian feast day in the early 17th century, the day celebrates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity to Ireland. St. Patrick’s day is a public holiday in most of the world such as Canada, Great Britain, United states, Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina. The wearing of green and shamrock

the world's most popular saints. He was born in Roman Britain and when he was fourteen or so, he was captured by Irish pirates during a raiding party and taken to Ireland as a slave to herd and tend sheep. At the time, Ireland was a land of Druids and pagans but Patrick turned to God and wrote his memoir, The Confession. In The Confession, he wrote: "The love of God and his fear grew in me more and more, as did the faith, and my soul was roused, so that, in a single day, I have said as many as a

is his journey of finding god. In the early fourteen hundreds he was kidnapped by Irish pirates and he had to work as a slave for six years tending sheep. St. Patrick confessed that he discovered god during his captivity. He prayed a hundred times a day that he would escape and that life would be better. Patrick had a vision of children reaching out their hands to him grew determined to convert the Irish to Christianity. After six years Patrick escaped and traveled two hundred miles cross country to

St. Patrick, one of the most highly known and highly celebrated saints, through a day of Irish accents and binge drinking green beer, but very few truly know the life of St.Patrick Otherwise known as Maewyn Succat St. Patrick was one of the first to bring Christianity to Ireland as he dedicated himself to gad after his time in slavery. St. Patrick became one of the world's most celebrated saints through a life of slavery and dedication to the life of God. At a very young age St.Patrick was brought

Two of the five centers are located in Turkey: Istanbul (also known as Constantinople) and Antakya. Antakya was also a place where the followers of Jesus were called “Christians” for the first time in history. The Hagia Sophia church (recognized by Saint Peter) is one of the oldest surviving churches located right in Anasofya Meydanı, Istanbul. Turkey is also home to Seven Churches of Asia, where Revelations to John (the final book of the New Evidence) were sent. Today, Turkey has more than 120,000

groundhog sitting at Santa's desk. ¨Wow!¨ says Punxsutawney Phil, ¨What did I just drink!¨ Punxsutawney and Santa aren't the only ones in awe, a large grumpy turkey wakes up from a long nap in some place he is not used to, Pennsylvania! The Saint Patrick's Day Leprechaun is very worried and confused as well, he took the Turkey's place. He shouldn't worry though because the world's favorite bunny has his job all taken care of. All over the holiday characters are being switched which means the only

Saint Patrick Saint Patrick is a saint because he converted Ireland from Druidism to Christianity and never gave up, no matter what. Imagine being taken from your home by pirates when you’re a teenager, then having a vision that makes you feel you have to do something really important. Patrick knew he would suffer trying to convert Ireland to Christianity, but he risked his life because of his tremendous love for others and his generosity. Patrick was born circa 386 in Britain as Maewyn Succat