St. Patrick’s Day

TRUE OR FALSE Patrick was responsible for driving all of the snakes from Ireland Patrick was Irish Patrick used the shamrock to teach Christians about the Trinity Patrick was the first Christian to bring the gospel to Ireland Patrick converted the entire country of Ireland to Christianity Patrick brewed green, […]

Patrick of Ireland

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Today is St. Patrick’s Day.  However, I celebrated with fish ‘n’ chips yesterday at a local Irish restaurant. In light of this holiday that commemorates the missionary who took the Christian faith to Ireland in the fifth century, I thought it would be appropriate to reflect on the Irish who […]

The Irish-Americans on St. Patrick’s Day

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