TODAY: March 17, 2011
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Irish Bishops Send St. Patty's Day Greetings

Affirm Concern for Emigrants; Recall Patrick Was a Migrant

MAYNOOTH, Ireland, MARCH 16, 2011 (Zenit.org).- St. Patrick's struggles are being echoed by many Irish today struggling to live and integrate in new cultures, according to the bishops of the nation.

A statement today from the Irish bishops called to mind that Patrick was a migrant, as the prelates wished "everyone a joyful and peaceful St. Patrick’s Day."

"Our national saint was a pioneer … [More]

MARCH 17, 2011 DAILY PRAYER WITH REGNUM CHRISTI NEVER STOP SEEKING HOLINESS March 17, 2011 Thursday of the First Week of Lent Father Alex Yeung, LC Matthew 7:7-12 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread, or a snake when he asks for a fish? If you … [More]

Der heilige Patrick von Irland (lat. Magonus Sucatus Patricius; * Ende 4./Anfang 5. Jh. in Bannaventa Berniae in Wales oder Old Kilpatrick, West Dunbartonshire, Schottland; † 17. März 461 oder 493 im County Down, Irland) war ein christlicher Missionar und gilt in Irland und Island als Nationalheiliger.
Moderne Untersuchungen über Patrick folgen oft einer Art von „Zwei-Patrick“-Theorie, wie sie von T. F. O'Rahilly vertreten wird. Demzufolge wurden viele Informationen Patrick zugeschrieben, … [More]

Who is St Patrick of Ireland, Saint Patricks Day History, Biography, Life, Miracles, Prophecies, Prayers, Pictures http://www.catholic-saints.net/saints/st-patrick-of-ireland.php St Patrick of Ireland Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 493. He had for his parents Calphurnius and Conchessa. The former belonged to a Roman family of high rank and held the office of decurio in Gaul or Britain. Conchessa … [More]

Saint Patrick (Latin: Patricius; Primitive Irish: *Qatrikias;[2][3] Old Irish: Cothraige or Coithrige;[4] Middle Irish: Pátraic; Irish: Pádraig; British: *Patrikios; Old Welsh: Patric; Middle Welsh: Padric; Welsh: Padrig; Old English: Patric; c. 387 – 17 March, 493)[5] was a Romano-Briton and Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognized patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland, although Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille are also formally patron saints.
Two authentic letters … [More]