St. Patricks's Day

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated every year on March 17th unless it falls on Holy Week. The Irish view this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years. On St. Patrick's Day the Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. The traditional meal for St. Patrick's Day was bacon and cabbage. The most popular symbol of St. Patrick's Day is the shamrock. It is said that Patrick used the shamrock to help explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. St. Patrick's Day came custom to America in 1737. We celebrate St. Patrick's Day wearing green and having parties. But don't be the one caught not wearing green because you could be pinched!!