Here’s what to know. What is St. Patrick’s Day? St. Patrick’s Day, the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, falls on March 17 every year. The day commemorates St. Patrick, who is ...

the patron saint of Ireland, who is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland around 431 A.D. While there is evidence ...

Of the many things associated with the feast day of Ireland’s patron saint, a small number originate with the religious day of observance. There are now two St. Patrick’s Day days worldwide.

But beyond the revelry, the holiday has deep historical and religious roots tied to Ireland's patron saint. From its origins as a solemn feast day to its transformation into a global celebration ...

Members of the Knights of Columbus carry a statue of St. Pedro Calungsod in a procession before an April 5, 2025 Mass at St.

(Gary Wayne Gilbert) July 31 is the feast day of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus. Boston College's Jesuit Community, Intersections program, and Center for Ignatian ...

The event was hosted in LiGreci’s Staaten, where hundreds marked the traditional feast day of St. Joseph the ... who raised their glasses to honor the patron saint of families.

MANY people, especially Christians and Irish people, celebrated on March 17 the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, in memory of the values he brought to the then-pagan nation in ...

Back then, feast days were far from raucous affairs ... association with the most revered and venerated memory of our patron Saint.” Since the 12th century, Ireland had been a colony of Great ...

He did the same thing for St. Denis, whom the king had taken as a patron saint. At court, Eligius and his friend Dado lived a life that followed the Irish monastic rule, introduced into Gaul by St ...

St Patrick's Day is also known as the Feast of Saint Patrick and marks the date of the Irish patron saint's death. The celebration traditionally commemorates St Patrick bringing Christianity to ...

British MP Andrew Rosindell, of the Conservative Party, said in the House of Commons on Thursday, March 27 that St. Patrick's Day should be a UK holiday as St. Patrick is also the patron saint of ...