query: when was st patrick 's day first celebrated

pos: Saint Patrick's Day Saint Patrick's Day Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick ( AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early 17th century and is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland), the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Lutheran Church. The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, and celebrates the heritage

neg: Saint Patrick's Day in the United States years informal gatherings by Irish immigrants were the norm. The first recorded parade in New York was by Irish soldiers in the British Army in 1766. The first documented St. Patrick's Day Celebration in Philadelphia was held in 1771. Philadelphia's Friendly Sons of St. Patrick was found to honor St. Patrick and to provide relief to Irish immigrants in the city. Irish Americans have celebrated St. Patrick's Day in Philadelphia since their arrival in America. General George Washington, a member of Philadelphia's Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, actively encouraged Irish American patriots to join the Continental Army. In 1780, while

neg: St. Patrick Church (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) erected the original St. Patrick Church on South State Street. It was the first Catholic parish in southern Chester County. The first Mass was celebrated on Christmas Day of 1869. and on September 1, 1872, Archbishop Wood dedicated the church. The building was in use for over 35 years, eventually replaced by the present building on Meredith Street which was consecrated in 1907. The stained glass windows of St. Patrick were imported from Munich, Germany. They number five on either side of the building with a triple-window facing Meredith Street. The subjects of the windows were chosen by Father John

neg: Cormac of Armagh Tigernach 497- “"Bishop Cormac, of the Ernide, a successor of Patrick, rested"” Annals of Clonmacnoise 497- “"Bushopp Cormack Inderny, Cowarb of St. Patrick, died"” Annals of Ulster 497- “"Repose of Cormac, bishop of Ard Macha, successor of Patrick"” Annals from the Book of Leinster- “"Cormac, first abbot"” After his death Cormac was venerated as a saint and his feast was celebrated on the 17 February, the day of his death. The Calendars of the Saints have the following entries which confuse him with St. Cormac, bishop of Trim, Co. Meath who died in 745- Martyrology of Gorman 17 February- “"full

neg: Westminster Cathedral Patrick and all saints of Ireland. The Feast of the Dedication of the Cathedral is celebrated each year on 1 July, which from 1849 until 1969 was the feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In 1977, as part of her Silver Jubilee celebrations, Queen Elizabeth II visited the cathedral to view a flower show. On 28 May 1982, the first day of his six-day pastoral visit to the United Kingdom, Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass in the cathedral. On St Andrew's Day (30 November) 1995, at the invitation of Cardinal Basil Hume, Queen Elizabeth

neg: Ailill the First Moville; Ailill son of Trichem, St. Patrick's disciple & Ailill the Second of Armagh. On the death of Saint Dubthach the First, the Bishop of Armagh, in 513, St. Ailill was appointed as the 8th Bishop in succession to Saint Patrick. Saint Ailill reigned as Bishop for 13 years. St. Ailill died 13 January 526. The Annals of Ireland give the following obits- After his death St. Ailill was venerated as a saint and his feast was celebrated on the 13 January, the day of his death. The Calendars of the Saints have the following entries- Ailill the First Saint

neg: Mount Saint Patrick College Mount Saint Patrick College Mount Saint Patrick College is a co-educational Secondary College in Murwillumbah, Australia, operating within the system administered by the Lismore Catholic Education Office. Mt St Patrick is a co-educational Secondary College operating within the system administered by the Lismore Catholic Education Office. It caters to grades 7-12. It was opened in 1926 by the Presentation Sisters and was administered and staffed by them until 1989. It derives its name from St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, whose feast day is celebrated by both the College and local communities. In 1966, following the closure of other

neg: St. Patrick Catholic Church (Miami Beach, Florida) St. Patrick Catholic Church (Miami Beach, Florida) St. Patrick Catholic Church was the first Catholic parish on Miami Beach. The church is located at 3716 Garden Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida 33141. Father Roberto Cid is pastor. Father William Barry was born in Ireland and ordained a priest in the Cathedral of Baltimore for the Diocese of St. Augustine in June 1910. He was a pastor at four Churches and in May 1926 transferred to Miami Beach to found St. Patrick Church. He remained pastor until 1966 prior to his death in 1967. The first mass was celebrated in Miami Beach

neg: Saint Patrick's Day in Moscow. The unofficial parade is held by volunteers and resembles a carnival. In 2014, Moscow Irish Week was celebrated from 12 to 23 March, which includes St Patrick's Day on 17 March. Over 70 events celebrating Irish culture in Moscow, St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Voronezh, and Volgograd were sponsored by the Irish Embassy, the Moscow City Government, and other organisations. In 2017, the Russian Orthodox Church added the feast day of Saint Patrick to its liturgical calendar, to be celebrated on . Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a large Irish expatriate community. The community established the

neg: Bachal Isu Bachal Isu The Bachal Isu (or "Staff of Jesus") was a Christian relic. According to legend, St. Patrick brought his celebrated golden Crozier, which was consistently identified with the Staff Of Jesus, along with his Book of Gospels, known as the "Book of Armagh", to Armagh Cathedral in Ulster which he had recently founded. According to tradition, the staff was given to St. Patrick by a hermit on an island located in the Etruscan Sea, who had received it from Jesus Christ. Jesus informed the hermit to give it to St. Patrick when he inevitably arrived. In 1106, when the

neg: Bagheria was a preferred stopping point for Europeans pursuing the Grand Tour in Sicily including Patrick Brydone, Goethe, John Soane, K. F. Schinkel and many others. In the 20th and 21st centuries the Baroque and Neoclassical character of Bagheria has been largely obscured by unregulated building. Although the official feast day of St. Joseph, the town's patron saint, is March 19, it is celebrated in Bagheria the first Sunday of August; religious celebrations are held throughout the week leading up to Sunday, when more solemn ceremonies are initiated; the following Monday evening festivities conclude with a fireworks display. Bagheria was the

neg: St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School outside Ireland, as both a religious and, especially outside Ireland, secular holiday. In the dioceses of Ireland, it is both a solemnity and a holy day of obligation; outside Ireland, it can be a celebration of Ireland itself. For most of Christianity's first thousand years, canonizations were done on the diocesan or regional level. Relatively soon after the death of people considered very holy, the local Church affirmed that they could be liturgically celebrated as saints. As a result, St. Patrick has never been formally canonised by a Pope; nevertheless, various Christian churches declare that he is a Saint in

neg: St. Patrick's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School land was sold to Gandhinagar Housing society and the present Gandhi Nagar Colony came up. The number of boarders also reduced after Independence due to Emigration to Australia and Great Britain. In 1959 a Chapel was built and dedicated to St. Patrick. Day Scholars began to join the school. The last Irish Principal of St. Patrick's was Rev. Bro. O'Brien and the first Indian Brother to succeed him was Rev. Bro. Bernard in 1970. In 1975 the School celebrated its Centenary. The celebration was a fitting tribute to 100 years of Patrician Brothers Service in Chennai. To commemorate the centenary

neg: University of Missouri College of Engineering of Science and Technology. Today, it is celebrated on campuses nationwide. The concept began at the University of Missouri with the "discovery" that St. Patrick was an engineer in 1903. As former dean Huber O. Croft wrote in "A Brief History of the College of Engineering – University of Missouri-Columbia": By 1905, the event grew to include a parade and kowtow to a student dressed as St. Patrick, the latter a tradition that continues to this day. Several lasting traditions of Engineers’ Week began by 1906, including the Engineer's Song, St. Patrick's Ball, the knighting ceremony, and the discovery of

neg: Lawrence Scanlan Holy Cross from Indiana, and founded St. Mary's Academy and in 1875 Holy Cross Hospital. He opened numerous parishes and schools, and also established All Hallows College, Kearns-St. Ann's Orphanage, and Judge Mercy Hospital. He even celebrated Mass at the Latter-Day-Saints tabernacle in St. George, Utah in 1879. On November 23, 1886, Scanlan was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Utah and Titular Bishop of "Lavanden" by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal consecration on June 29, 1887, from Archbishop Patrick William Riordan, with Bishops Eugene O'Connell and Patrick Manogue serving as co-consecrators, in San Francisco. In 1890 Scanlan purchased an

neg: Republic Day and the first meeting of the Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia on 2 August 1944. The day is also celebrated as St. Elijahs Day, or "Ilinden". The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was founded on 9 September 1948 following its release from Soviet occupation and a provisional government. The national holiday is known locally as the Day of the Foundation of the Republic ("Korean": 인민정권 창건일) and is celebrated annually. Trinidad and Tobago officially became a republic on 1 August 1976. Republic Day is celebrated on 24 September every year because that is when the first parliament

neg: Culture of the United Kingdom The Union Flag is the national flag of the United Kingdom. Its red, white and blue colours are the combination of the red cross of Saint George for England, the saltire of Saint Andrew for Scotland, and the red saltire of Saint Patrick to represent Ireland. Wales has never been represented on the Union Jack, with the Welsh flag incorporating the Red Dragon of Cadwaladr, King of Gwynedd, along with the Tudor colours of green and white. The patron saint of Ireland (St Patrick), England (St George), Wales (St David), and Scotland (St Andrew), are celebrated annually; Saint David's Day

neg: Saint Malachy distinguished by his meekness, humility, obedience, modesty, and true diligence in his studies. Saint Charles Borromeo praised St Malachy for attending to the needy, bringing the holy sacraments to all alike and renewing the fervor of the people in receiving them. St Malachy's feast is celebrated on 3 November, so as not to clash with All Souls Day. The Visio Tnugdali written c.1149 refers to Malachy as follows- "When Saint Ruadan had fallen silent, Tundale looked happily about him and saw Saint Patrick of Ireland, dressed in shining robes alongside many bishops decked out in their finest regalia. They were

neg: Saint George's Day Saint George's Day is celebrated on 23 April, unless this is Easter Sunday (when it is celebrated on the first Monday after Easter Sunday). In the Georgian Church, St. George the Victory-Bearer is commemorated twice a year: on 23 November (the Breaking on the Wheel of Holy Greatmartyr George) and 6 May (the Beheading of St. George). The Romanian Orthodox Church, which uses the Revised Julian calendar, celebrates St. George's Day on 23 April. Veneration of St George as a martyr originates in the Levant, spread from Palestine through Lebanon to the rest of the Byzantine Empire – though the

neg: Parish of St. Brendan and of St. Ann was founded in 1927 by Cardinal Patrick J. Hayes, the Archbishop of New York, to serve the growing population of the North Bronx, due to the recent completion of various subway lines which were being extended to that northernmost region of the City of New York. The first Mass was celebrated on Christmas Day of that year in the cafeteria of Montefiore Home and Hospital, located across the street from the planned site of the church. The new parish had from the outset the unique distinction of being designated as not a territorial parish church but as a shrine dedicated

neg: Downpatrick of St. Patrick on Cathedral Hill but were attacked en route by Orange protesters at the Irish Street shambles who had heard about the St. Patrick's day parade; a riot ensued. Downpatrick, throughout the course of The Troubles, had a significant paramilitary presence in the town, mostly through the presence of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) & Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) St Patrick's Day is celebrated in Downpatrick through an annual cross-community parade which goes through the centre of the town. This is the one day of the year that Downpatrick closes its main streets so that celebrations

neg: St. Raphael's Cathedral (Dubuque, Iowa) the first Mass held in the renovated Cathedral on November 23, 1986. This is in reference to the tradition in the early years of the Church when Mass was often celebrated over the tombs of saints and martyrs. The bones of St. Cessianus, a second-century Roman martyr, constitute the Patronal Relic of the State of Iowa. Pope Gregory XVI presented them to Bishop Loras in 1838. A pool was added to the baptismal font in 2005 for immersion baptism of older children and adults. It was completed in time for the Easter Vigil that year. St. Raphael and St. Patrick

neg: Cashel, County Tipperary on the Rock. Here Corc, grandfather of Aengus Mac Natfraich, erected a fort. Cashel subsequently became the capital of Munster and, like Tara and Armagh, it was a celebrated court. At the time of St. Patrick, when Aengus ruled as king, Cashel claimed supremacy over all the royal duns of the province. In the 5th century, the Eóganachta dynasty founded their capital on and around the rock. Many kings of Munster have reigned here since. Saint Patrick is believed to have baptised Cashel's third king, Aengus. In 977 the Dál gCais usurper, Brian Boru, was crowned here as the first

neg: Pattern (devotional) most devotions took place at a nearby holy well, celebrated for its curative power. The earliest reference to the Pattern in Ardmore can be found in the calendar of State Papers of June 12, 1611, which mention "a grant of a fair to be held at Ardmore Co. Waterford, on St. Declan's Eve or Day. Before 1800 St. Declan's Stone and the Oratory containing his skull formed the centre of the festivities on St. Declan's Day. Other places noted for large attendance include St. Patrick's Purgatory and Croagh Patrick. Priests would often assign making a pattern at a local well

neg: Culture of Northern Ireland Flag of Ireland, or sometimes the Flag of Ulster. Both sides also occasionally use the flags of secular and religious organisations they belong to. Some groups, including the Irish Rugby Football Union and the Church of Ireland use the Flag of St. Patrick as a symbol of Ireland which lacks the same nationalist or unionist connotations. The flax flower, representing the linen industry, has been used as a neutral symbol – as for the Northern Ireland Assembly. St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by both nationalists and unionists, while "The Twelfth" is celebrated only by unionists. Celebrations to mark the anniversary

neg: Patrick O'Boyle celebrated his first Mass at St. Paul's Church in his native Scranton. He returned to New York the following June, when he became a curate at St. Columba's Church in the Chelsea section of Manhattan. He there organized St. Joseph's Society for teenaged boys, beginning with about 300 members, and instituted parish dances. From 1926 to 1933, O'Boyle was director of the Catholic Guardian Society, a division of Catholic Charities dedicated to orphans and foster children; during this time, he also resided and did pastoral work at Holy Innocents Church. Sheila Wickouski identifies social concerns, labor rights, and racial equality

neg: Pope Simplicius S. Andrea near S. Maria Maggiore, and a church dedicated to Saint Lawrence in the Campo Verano. According to the Carolingian liturgist, Amalarius of Metz, Pope Simplicius was the first pope to carry out consecrations at any other time than in December before Christmas. He began to confer Holy Orders in February as well. He was buried in the Basilica of St. Peter on 2 March 483. Rome was without a pope for six days. Since 1971, St. Simplicius's feast day is celebrated on 10 March. Pope Simplicius Pope Simplicius (died 2 or 10 March 483) was pope from 468

neg: St Patrick's Basilica, Fremantle St Patrick's Basilica, Fremantle Basilica of St Patrick is a Roman Catholic church located on Adelaide Street in Fremantle, Western Australia. It is one of five churches in Australia with minor basilica status. The parish of St Patrick Fremantle was created around 1850. In 1894, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate arrived in Australia from Ireland and the parish was given to their care. Here, they established their first community. In 1994, they celebrated a century of ministry to the church in Australia, and commissioned the current church as an icon in Fremantle as part of their celebrations. Designed by

neg: General Roman Calendar congregation. These annual publications, like those that, disregarding the feasts that are obligatory in the actual church where the liturgy is celebrated, list only celebrations included in the General Calendar, are useful only for the current year, since they omit celebrations impeded because of falling on a Sunday or during periods such as Holy Week and the Octave of Easter. The feast days of saints celebrated in one country are not necessarily celebrated everywhere. For example, a diocese or a country may celebrate the feast day of a saint of special importance there (e.g., St. Patrick in Ireland, Our Lady

neg: Saint Patrick's Day as 1759 by Irish soldiers in the Montreal Garrison following the British conquest of New France. In Saint John, New Brunswick St. Patrick's Day is celebrated as a week-long celebration. Shortly after the JP Collins Celtic Festival is an Irish festival celebrating Saint John's Irish heritage. The festival is named for a young Irish doctor James Patrick Collins who worked on Partridge Island (Saint John County) quarantine station tending to sick Irish immigrants before he died there himself. In Manitoba, the Irish Association of Manitoba runs a yearly three-day festival of music and culture based around St Patrick's Day. In

neg: North London derby for the first time in 22 years. Arsenal fans have a celebration day related to the north London rivalry called St. Totteringham's Day, which is the day in the season when Tottenham cannot mathematically finish above Arsenal on the league table. Spurs fans had long before declared 14 April to be St. Hotspur day in honour of Spurs' 3–1 win over Arsenal in the 1991 FA Cup semi-final. St. Hotspur Day was also celebrated on 14 April 2010, when Spurs beat Arsenal 2–1. Both Spurs' and Arsenal's fan bases are multi-ethnic, due to the racial diversity in London. According to

neg: Franciszek Chalupka where he celebrated the first Mass in the new church. St. Joseph Parish in Webster was the first Polish-American parish in New England. Franciszek Chalupka quickly repaid the debts of the parish, bought land for a parish cemetery on Worcester Rd, and the land for the parish school, which was opened in September 1892 with four Felician Sisters as teachers. In 1890, Bishop Patrick O'Reilly appointed Chalupka spiritual adviser to the group responsible for organizing the new parishes and entrusted him with organizing a new Polish St. Stanislaus Parish in Chicopee, Massachusetts. On December 25, 1891, Fr. Chalupka celebrated their

neg: St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School the only generally accepted details of his life. When he was about 16, he was captured from his home and taken as a slave to Ireland, where he lived for six years before escaping and returning to his family. After becoming a cleric, he returned to northern and western Ireland as an ordained bishop, but little is known about the places where he worked. By the seventh century, he had already come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick's Day is observed on March 17, the date of his death. It is celebrated both inside and

neg: Quebec City St-Patrick Parade Quebec City St-Patrick Parade The Québec City St-Patrick's Day Parade is the main event celebrating Saint Patrick's Day in Québec City. The event returned in 2010 after 84 years' absence. Canada's first-known celebration of St. Patrick's Day was held in Québec City in 1765 in the Sun Tavern on St. John Street (today known as rue St-Jean). It was hosted by Protestant landlord Miles Prentice, a former soldier (and believed to be an Irishman), and by the former Provost-Marshal in General Wolfe's army. Québec City's first parade was held in 1837, four years after the opening of the Irish community's

neg: St. Patrick Church (Imogene, Iowa) part of Iowa. The Rev. Gerald Stack arrived in 1876 to serve the Catholics in the area. He celebrated Mass in a schoolhouse southwest of Imogene. The first Mass in town was celebrated in the home of John Delehant. Father Stack organized St. Patrick's in 1880 as a mission of St. Mary's parish in Shenandoah, Iowa. At the time all of the state of Iowa was in the Diocese of Dubuque. A frame church was built in Imogene for $1,800 in 1881. That year all of southern Iowa, including Imogene, was placed in the newly established Diocese of Davenport. The

neg: Mac Laisre Lasre is Lasar (not Laisir)"’. On the death of Saint Senach, the Bishop of Armagh, on 11 April 610, St. Mac Laisre was appointed as the 15th coarb in succession to Saint Patrick. Saint Mac Laisre reigned as Bishop for 13 years. St. Mac Laisre died on 12 September 623. The Annals of Ireland give the following obits- After his death St. Mac Laisre was venerated as a saint and his feast was celebrated on the 12 September, the day of his death. The Calendars of the Saints have the following entries- Mac Laisre Saint Mac Laisre mac Luighdeach (also

neg: Saint Patrick's Day the Irish Catholic Confederation. Green ribbons and shamrocks have been worn on St Patrick's Day since at least the 1680s. The Friendly Brothers of St Patrick, an Irish fraternity founded in about 1750, adopted green as its colour. However, when the Order of St. Patrick—an Anglo-Irish chivalric order—was founded in 1783 it adopted blue as its colour, which led to blue being associated with St Patrick. During the 1790s, green would become associated with Irish nationalism, due to its use by the United Irishmen. This was a republican organisation—led mostly by Protestants but with many Catholic members—who launched a rebellion

neg: History of the Irish Americans in Philadelphia the Revolution. The Society of the "Friendly Sons of St. Patrick" was founded in 1771. The first St. Patrick's Day parade in Philadelphia was in 1771. Prior to the first parade, the Irish were already celebrating St. Patrick's Day in Philadelphia. Before the America republic was founded, Irishmen came together in 1771 to pay honor to Ireland's patron as founding members of the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick for the relief of Emigrants from Ireland. George Washington, who has encouraged the many Irish soldiers under his command during the American Revolution to fete St. Patrick's Day, was

neg: Patrick Gale Chapel Choir. Before he turned ten, one of his siblings suffered a nervous breakdown and his mother almost died in a car accident that left her brain-damaged. After leaving home he attended the University of Oxford. His first two novels, "The Aerodynamics of Pork" and "Ease", were published on the same day in 1985. From 1988 he has lived in Cornwall (describing himself as the "last novelist in England"), a county much celebrated in his novels. He is artistic director of the North Cornwall Book Festival, which he helped found, which happens at St Endellion in the first week of

neg: St. Patrick Catholic Church (Portland, Oregon) 1972, the parish, with only 60 registered families, had reverted to a mission church under the supervision of St. Birgitta in Linnton. In 1980, Bishop Paul E. Waldschmidt selected the church to serve the Hispanic population of Portland. In June 1985, St. Patrick's also became home to the Latin choir Cantores in Ecclesia. These set the stage for the revival of the parish, which celebrated its centennial in 1989. A wedding scene in the 2004 film "What the Bleep Do We Know" was filmed at St. Patrick's. St. Patrick Catholic Church (Portland, Oregon) St. Patrick Catholic Church is a parish

neg: Celebrity Big Brother 8 (UK) Lucien, and a rivalry against Amy. On Day 20, she celebrated her 31st birthday in the House. On Day 22, she was the runner-up of the series. Lucien Laviscount (born 9 June 1992) is a British actor and model, most famous for playing Ben Richardson in the ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street" and Jonah Kirby in the BBC drama, "Waterloo Road". He once appeared in a M&S advert as a child alongside David Beckham. During his time in the house, he developed showmances with Amy and Kerry. On Day 22, he was evicted from the house, positioning fifth. Patrick "Paddy"

neg: Patrick J. Kelly Patrick J. Kelly Patrick J. "Pat" Kelly (born September 8, 1935 in Sioux Lookout, Ontario) is one of the founders and the first commissioner of the East Coast Hockey League in 1988. Kelly was named Commissioner Emeritus of the ECHL following the 1995–96 season, after serving as Commissioner for the first eight seasons of the ECHL. The league playoff champions wins a trophy in named his honor, the Kelly Cup. Pat also coached the Colorado Rockies for two years in the late 1970s. Pat Kelly celebrated his 50th season in hockey in 2002–03 having begun his career with the St.

neg: Franciscan Handmaids of Mary and South Carolina. At its height in the 1960s, the congregation counted 80 Sisters. As of 2010, there were 18 Sisters, mostly age sixty or older. In 2014, the order's closing was anticipated, but encouraged by Pope Francis, the sisters extended their outreach to other parts of the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa. In 2016, there were nine sisters in formation. The sisters continue to operate St. Benedict’s Day Nursery. Founded in 1923, at the request of Patrick Cardinal Hayes, it celebrated its 85th anniversary in 2008. Initially providing custodial care, it became one of the first pre-school educational

neg: Celtic Rite the first order celebrated a form of mass introduced by Patrick, who was the pupil of Germanus of Auxerre and Honoratus of Lerins, perhaps a Mass of the Gallican type. The 8th-century tract in Cott. MS. Nero A. II states that St. Germanus taught the ""Cursus Scottorum"" to St. Patrick. It is clear that the British mass introduced by David, Gildas, and Cadoc differed from it. The second and third orders used partly Patrick's mass and partly one of British origin, and in the case of the third order Roman modifications were also introduced. The working of the "Catalogus" seems

neg: St. Patrick Catholic Church (Los Angeles, California) by an earthquake and rebuilt. Construction on the new church building was begun in April 2005. The opening of St. Patrick's was celebrated in March 2007. One thousand worshipers are now able to celebrate Mass in the new St. Patrick's - more than doubling the present capacity of the current worship space in the parish hall. The unique capital campaign involved donations from the 77 parishes within the Our Lady of the Angels regions as well as contributions from individual donors and foundations. St. Patrick Catholic Church (Los Angeles, California) Saint Patrick Catholic Church is a Catholic church in Los

neg: Ailill the Second as the 8th Bishop in succession to Saint Patrick. Saint Ailill reigned as Bishop for 10 years. St. Ailill died on 1 July 536. The Annals of Ireland give the following obits- After his death St. Ailill was venerated as a saint and his feast was celebrated on the 1 July, the day of his death. The Calendars of the Saints have the following entries- Ailill the Second Saint Ailill the Second (also called Ailill the Younger, Ailill II, Ailiell, Ailild, Ailid, Alild, Ailillus, Alellus, Alildus, Oilill, Oileal, Oileald, Olildus, Olild, Elias, Eulalius, Helias) b. c.480 - d. 1 July

neg: École St. Patrick High School École St. Patrick High School École St. Patrick High School is a Catholic school in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is operated by the Yellowknife Catholic School Board (YCS). The Catholic School system was established with the erection of the first K-12 school in 1953. In 1961, a separate Catholic High School called St. Patrick High was completed. St Patrick High School burned down in 1964 but was quickly rebuilt. The two schools operated separately until 1967 when expansion of St. Patrick School allowed all grades within the same building. In the 1990s, the current St. Patrick High School was

neg: Columbus Day American communities in the United States) is the "Día de la Raza" ("day of the race" or the "day of the [Hispanic] people"), commemorating the first encounters of Europeans and the Native Americans. The day was first celebrated in Argentina in 1917, in Venezuela and Colombia in 1921, in Chile in 1922 and in Mexico it was first celebrated in 1928. The day was also celebrated under this title in Spain until 1957, when it was changed to the "Día de la Hispanidad" ("Hispanicity Day"), and in Venezuela it was celebrated under this title until 2002, when it was changed

neg: Patrick Ladeen Curran Patrick Ladeen Curran Patrick Ladneen Curran (29 July 1906 – July (the first day of the races) 1993)was King of the Claddagh. Curran had been born and raised in the Old Claddagh, prior to its demolition in the 1930s. He emigrated to Britain, and the U.S., where he met and married Kate Gannon of the Long Walk, Galway, on St. Stephen's Day 1930. Elected King in his retirement, he was delighted to represent his community at the Galway Races, the St. Patrick's Day Parades, as well as national television. Upon his death in 1989, the kingship was allowed to lapse

neg: G. S. Patrick G. S. Patrick Goldsborough Serpell Patrick (26 April 1907 – 21 March 1999) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Patrick was born Goldsborough Serpell Patrick on Goat Island in San Francisco, California. He was the son of Jane Deakins Serpell of Norfolk, Virginia, and Navy Chaplain Capt Bower Reynolds Patrick. He died 21 March 1999 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Patrick's first assignments were aboard the destroyers , and . On December 7, 1941, Patrick was stationed at Pearl Harbor. During the attack that day, his directive that moored ships store live ammunition in their gun mounts would

neg: Irish Heartbeat The concert was broadcast on St. Patrick's Day in 1988. The album consists of eight traditional Irish songs, plus re-workings of the Morrison songs "Celtic Ray" (which first appeared on 1982's "Beautiful Vision") and the title track "Irish Heartbeat" (which first appeared on 1983's "Inarticulate Speech of the Heart"). "Carrickfergus" is described as "a melancholic air worthy of Otis Redding" by critic Denis Campbell. "on Raglan Road" was adapted from a poem by Patrick Kavanagh and is the story of "a man ensnared by a beautiful revenant whom he had mistaken for 'a creature made of clay'." In 1994, Billy

neg: St Patrick's Church, Adelaide representatives of the Hibernian and Australian Catholic Benefit Society resulted in a large crowd, estimated at 10,000 people for the blessing of the stone. The church was opened on 15 March 1914 by Archbishop O'Reily and the first mass was celebrated by Fr. Patrick Hurley. St Patrick's Church, Adelaide St Patrick's Church is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic church on Grote Street, Adelaide, South Australia. Opened in 1914, St Patrick's was built as a replacement for the original St. Patrick's church that is considered the first Catholic Church in Adelaide. Today the Church is used for services in languages other than

neg: Patrick Ladeen Curran for some years until revived with the election of Mike Lynskey. Patrick Ladeen Curran Patrick Ladneen Curran (29 July 1906 – July (the first day of the races) 1993)was King of the Claddagh. Curran had been born and raised in the Old Claddagh, prior to its demolition in the 1930s. He emigrated to Britain, and the U.S., where he met and married Kate Gannon of the Long Walk, Galway, on St. Stephen's Day 1930. Elected King in his retirement, he was delighted to represent his community at the Galway Races, the St. Patrick's Day Parades, as well as national television.

neg: Dúnán the Danes before the arrival of St. Patrick in Ireland, and it is added that St. Patrick celebrated mass in an arch or vault which has been since known by his name". This story, as it stands, cannot be accepted as authentic history, for St. Patrick died according to the usual belief in 490, whereas the earliest mention of Danes in Ireland is in 795. In the recent discovery made at Christ Church of a crypt hitherto unknown, some very ancient work was found, which is probably part of the buildings. If so, they may be the remains of the

neg: John Patrick Foley of the archdiocese, until his death on December 11, 2011, from leukemia. The two days of funeral rites began on December 15 with the reception of the body at St Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook, from which Foley was ordained just shy of a half-century earlier. The daylong viewing in St Martin's Chapel ended with Mass celebrated by the senior auxiliary of Philadelphia, Bishop Daniel Thomas, who was a close friend. The funeral took place the next day in the Philadelphia Cathedral-Basilica where he had been ordained a priest and bishop and in whose crypt he was then buried. In keeping

neg: Cathedral of Saint Patrick (Charlotte, North Carolina) Cathedral of Saint Patrick (Charlotte, North Carolina) The Cathedral of Saint Patrick is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Charlotte and is the seat of its prelate bishop. In 1843, St. Joseph Church in Mt. Holly was built. It was to be the first Catholic church in Western North Carolina. On St. Patrick's Day 1852, the cornerstone was laid for the city of Charlotte's first Catholic church, St. Peter Church. Work was completed in 1893. St. Peter Church was under the care

neg: Red Mass beginning in 1912 and continues to hold it annually. In New York City, a Red Mass was first held in 1928 at the Church of St. Andrew, near the courthouses of Foley Square, celebrated by Cardinal Patrick Joseph Hayes, who strongly advocated and buttressed the legal community's part in evangelization. In Canada, the Red Mass was first celebrated in Québec City in 1896, in Toronto in 1924 and in Montréal in 1944. Its sponsorship was assumed by the Guild of Our Lady of Good Counsel in 1931 and by The Thomas More Lawyers' Guild of Toronto since 1968. It was

neg: Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Catharines the people of France. Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys brought over from France to Quebec the tradition of special celebrations on St. Catherine's Day, November 25th of each year. In the Province of Quebec St. Catherine's Feast is still celebrated as the special day for unmarried women. She is the patroness of maidens, philosophers and preachers, and of the Cathedral and Diocese of St. Catharines. The first crest was designed when the new Diocese of St. Catharines was established in 1958. This crest consisted of the Bishop's mitre, and the broken Catherine Wheel superimposed upon the Welland Canal. This was replaced by

neg: Battle of Los Alporchones stopped altogether as the Kingdom of Granada asked for a five-year truce. Future conflicts would remain on Granadan territory until the Granada War. The prestige of Lorca and in particular the House of Fajardo rose significantly. It was one of the branches of this noble house that would eventually go on to form the powerful . In homage to St Patrick of Ireland, whose saint's day is celebrated on 17 March, the same day as the battle, he was named the patron saint of the city of Murcia. A church was built in Lorca which would later house the Malik

neg: Totleben, Bulgaria of the village established the first Bulgarian agriculture cooperation "Vazhod" (Progress). First president of the agricultural cooperative is the agronomist Pantaley Angelov Konstantinov (25/06/1903 at Totleben - died after 1983).In September 2009 in Totleben village the 70th anniversary of the first Bulgarian agriculture cooperation "Vazhod" was celebrated. In 1934-1935 the orthodox church "St. George" has been built. Especially reputable holiday is St. George's Day (Bulg. Гергьовден -Gergiovden) as well as the next day - 7 May, when is the traditional fair of the village. Annual celebration the anniversary of general Eduard I. Totleben (8 May 1818 – 18 June 1884)

neg: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington on November 15, 1947, the archdiocese received its first residential archbishop, with the appointment of Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle. Donald William Cardinal Wuerl served as the most recent ordinary of the Archdiocese. Wuerl resigned as Archbishop of Washington on October 12, 2018 in the wake of revelations about his poor handling of incidents of sex abuse when he served as Bishop of Pittsburgh. However, Wuerl will still lead the Archdiocese as apostolic administrator until a successor is found. On March 25, 1634, the first Catholic Mass in the English-speaking colonies was celebrated by Fr. Andrew White, S.J., on St. Clement's Island,

neg: Quebec City St-Patrick Parade several organisations and the Québec City administration, the St. Patrick's Day parade returned to the streets of Québec on March 13, 2010, for the first time in over 84 years. For the occasion, a portion of the NYPD Pipes and Drums were present as special guests. The event was considered to be a success across the board, drawing over 40,000 people into the streets of Vieux-Québec. The event is has continued in the years since then. Quebec City St-Patrick Parade The Québec City St-Patrick's Day Parade is the main event celebrating Saint Patrick's Day in Québec City. The event returned

neg: Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield Western Deanery (officially, a geographical region in South-West Sydney that comprises 16 Sydney Archdiocese parishes) with the WYD Cross and Icon for the day of 2 July 2007. The WYD Cross and Icon was hosted Patrician Brothers College, Fairfield for three hours that day for public veneration, which was attended by 5,000 people. The Patrician Brothers were established by Bishop Daniel Delany in 1808 in the Name of St Patrick and in 2008, the Patrician Brothers celebrate their 200th anniversary. The following Patrician linked schools joined in and celebrated the Patrician Bicentenary: The college has had two major bicentenary celebrations:

neg: Moydow of St. Modhain, or Modiud the Simple, whose feast is celebrated on 12 February, according to the "Lives of the Saints". St. Modan lived about the year 591, when he was made a bishop of Carnfurbuidhe. He had erected the Priory of Moydow, no ruins of which now exist. It is said that one Brclaus, a disciple and presbyter of St. Patrick, was a presbyter here for some time after its erection. O'Donovan says this was one of the oldest priories in Ireland. The parish comprises 45,771 statute acres, of which about 1,203 are bog. A peculiar kind of stone,

neg: Plovdiv the first Bulgarian school was inaugurated, and in 1850, modern secular education began when the "St Cyrill and Methodius" school was opened. On 11 May 1858, the day of Saints Cyril and Methodius was celebrated for the first time; this later became a National holiday which is still celebrated today (but on 24 May due to Bulgaria's 1916 transition from the Old Style (Julian) to the New Style (Gregorian) calendar). In 1858 in the Church of Virgin Mary, the Christmas liturgy was served for the first time in the Bulgarian language since the beginning of the Ottoman occupation. Until 1906

neg: Edwin Broderick Edwin Broderick Edwin Bernard Broderick (January 16, 1917 – July 2, 2006) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Albany from 1969 to 1976. Edwin Broderick was born in the Bronx, New York, to Patrick S. and Margaret M. (née O'Donnell) Broderick. His father was a member of the New York City Fire Department who later died during a Mass celebrated by his son in 1948. Broderick received his early education at the parochial school of St. Anselm Church in the Bronx, graduating in 1930. He attended Regis High School in New York

neg: Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse to 1815, frequently visited Utica, and probably celebrated Masses there in private homes. The first public Mass in the city of Utica was celebrated in the Courthouse on 10 January 1819. The advent of railroads brought an ever-increasing number of immigrants to Syracuse. The decision was made to form the diocese of Syracuse, which took place on 20 November 1886. Rev. Patrick Anthony Ludden, former vicar general of the Diocese of Albany, was named bishop, and St. John the Evangelist Church was selected to serve as the first cathedral. Bishop Ludden built a new cathedral, Immaculate Conception, and consecrated it

neg: Saint George's Day in England in England. Religious observance of St George's day changes when it is too close to Easter. According to the Church of England's calendar, when St George's Day falls between Palm Sunday and the Second Sunday of Easter inclusive, it is moved to the Monday after the Second Sunday of Easter. In 2011, for example, 23 April was Holy Saturday so St George's Day was moved to Monday 2 May and in 2014 it was celebrated on Monday 28 April. The Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has a similar practice. The earliest documented mention of St George in England

neg: Julius Patrick 2006. Julius Patrick Julius Patrick, Jr. (May 16, 1938 – November 26, 2006) was the African-American Democratic mayor of Boyce, in northern Rapides Parish, who died in a head-on collision in a chain-reaction accident on Interstate 10 in Ascension Parish near Gramercy in south Louisiana. Patrick was first elected mayor of Boyce, a community of 1,200, in 1978. He served for twenty-eight consecutive years, while he was simultaneously a full-time educator until his retirement from the Rapides Parish School Board, based in Alexandria. Motorist Mercuria J. S. Colomb (born 1978) of St. Rose in St. Charles Parish allegedly started the

neg: Julius Patrick Julius Patrick Julius Patrick, Jr. (May 16, 1938 – November 26, 2006) was the African-American Democratic mayor of Boyce, in northern Rapides Parish, who died in a head-on collision in a chain-reaction accident on Interstate 10 in Ascension Parish near Gramercy in south Louisiana. Patrick was first elected mayor of Boyce, a community of 1,200, in 1978. He served for twenty-eight consecutive years, while he was simultaneously a full-time educator until his retirement from the Rapides Parish School Board, based in Alexandria. Motorist Mercuria J. S. Colomb (born 1978) of St. Rose in St. Charles Parish allegedly started the chain-reaction

neg: Name day can be celebrated on more than one day and some have even started following foreign traditions (like Valentina being celebrated on the Catholic St. Valentine's Day). St. George's day (Гергьовден, celebrated on May 6) and St. John's day (Ивановден, celebrated on January 7) are two of the most popular name days in Bulgaria. Another example of a name day connected with Christianity is "Tsvetnitsa" (Цветница, Palm Sunday). On this day people with names derived from flowers, trees, herbs, etc., celebrate. Name days are frequently connected with some year or season features like "Dimitrovden" (Dimitar's day, Oct. 26) being the beginning

neg: Patrick Leonard (baseball) Patrick Leonard (baseball) Patrick Thomas Leonard (born October 20, 1992) is an American professional baseball first baseman who is a free agent. Leonard attended Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns, Florida, for his freshman year. He transferred to Creekside High School, also in St. John's, for his sophomore year. For his junior year, Leonard was home schooled in order to fit more time in for baseball. He still played for Creekside's baseball team, recording a .452 batting average and a 6–1 win-loss record with a 0.64 earned run average as a pitcher, and was named "The St. Augustine Record"s

neg: Saint Patrick's Day nature, and was recast in a Christian contexticons of St Patrick often depict the saint "with a cross in one hand and a sprig of shamrocks in the other". Roger Homan writes, "We can perhaps see St Patrick drawing upon the visual concept of the "triskele" when he uses the shamrock to explain the Trinity". The first association of the colour green with Ireland is from the 11th century pseudo-historical book Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of the Taking of Ireland), which forms part of the Mythological Cycle in Irish Mythology and describes the story of Goídel Glas who is

neg: Father's Day in Thailand, and even overseas at Thai organizations. It first gained nationwide popularity in the 1980s as part of a campaign by Prime Minister [[Prem Tinsulanonda]] to promote Thailand's royal family. [[Mother's Day]] is celebrated on the birthday of Queen [[Sirikit]], August 12. In [[Trinidad and Tobago]], Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and is not a public holiday. In [[Turkey]], Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and is not a public holiday. In [[United Arab Emirates]], Father's Day is celebrated on June 21, generally coinciding with [[midsummer]]'s day. In the United

neg: Father's Day honor their "spiritual father," their parish priest, on Father's Day. The Law instituting the Father's day celebration in Romania passed on September 29th, 2009 and stated that Father's day will be celebrated annually on the second Sunday of May. First time it was celebrated on [[May 9th]] 2010. This year it was celebrated on [[ May]] 2019. The next dates this celebration will take place are: [[ May]] 2020, [[ May]] 2021, [[ May]] 2022, [[ May]] 2023, [[ May]] 2024, [[ May]] 2025 and [[ May]] 2026. Russia continues the [[Soviet Union]]'s tradition of celebrating [[Defender of the Fatherland

neg: Patrick Iyambo from Angola, would continue until 1989. August 26 is now celebrated as "Heroes Day". Patrick Iyambo Patrick Israel Yalombweleni Iyambo (born 1939 at Uukwalumbe, Ongandjera - died 25th July 1991) affectionately known as Lungada, was an icon of the armed liberation struggle of Namibia and fighter of the first battle in the Namibian War of Independence which took place at Ongulumbashe (Omugulugombashe), in the northern section of South West Africa, in an attack against the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN), the armed wing of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) in 26th of August 1966. The War of

neg: Olcán and he lay with her body for seven days before he was discovered by St Patrick. Olcán was baptised by St Patrick. In a 16th-century manuscript titled "Martyrology of Salisbury", the claim is made that Olcan’s mother was St. Patrick’s sister. St Olcan was sent to France and returned to Ireland to become the first Christian bishop in Ireland. Olcán was consecrated Bishop around 474, when St Patrick himself was long established in Armagh. He was ordained at Dunseverick Castle on the North Coast by St. Patrick, who then sent Olcán to study in Gaul. Olcán's church in Armoy lay

neg: Dubthach maccu Lugair on that day. The "Tripartite life of St. Patrick" states that Dubthach was then baptised and confirmed, and Jocelyn adds that thenceforward he dedicated to God the poetic gifts he formerly employed in the praise of false gods. When he had been some time engaged in preaching the gospel in Leinster, St. Patrick paid him a visit. Their meeting took place at Domnach-már-Criathar, now Donaghmore, near Gorey, county Wexford, and St. Patrick inquired whether he had among his "disciples" any one who was "the material of a bishop, whose qualifications are enumerated in the "Book of Armagh"". Dubthach replied he

neg: St. Karen's High School, Patna St. Karen's High School, Patna St. Karen's High School, Patna is a co-educational institution located in the Gola Road area of Patna, India, established in 1965. It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. It was founded by Mr. Donald Patrick Galstaun and his wife Lesley Barbara Galstaun (Robert née Webb). The school celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2015. The current principal of the school is Mrs. Seema Singh. St. Karen's High School, Patna was founded in the year 1965 by Mr. Donald Patrick Galstaun and his wife Lesley Barbara Galstaun. The school was started in

neg: Allantide Allantide Allantide (, meaning "first day of winter", or "Nos Kalan Gwav", meaning "eve of the first day of winter" and "Dy' Halan Gwav", meaning "day of the first day of winter"), also known as Saint Allan's Day or the Feast of Saint Allan, is a Cornish festival that was traditionally celebrated on the night of 31 October, as well as the following day time, and known elsewhere as Allhallowtide. The festival, in Cornwall is the liturgical feast day of St Allan (also spelled St Allen or St Arlan), who was the bishop of Quimper in the sixth century. As

neg: Saint Patrick's Day in the United States Day in 2016. This amount is down from the $4.8 billion spent in 2014. The world’s first recorded St Patrick’s Day celebration was in St. Augustine, Florida, in the year 1600 according to Dr. Michael Franicis's 2017 research in the Spanish Archives of the Indies. Franicis discovered the first St. Patrick Day Parade was also in St. Augustine in 1601. . Both were organized by the Spanish Colony's Irish vicar Ricardo Artur (Richard Arthur). The Charitable Irish Society of Boston organized the first observance of Saint Patrick's Day in the Thirteen Colonies in 1737. Surprisingly, the celebration was not Catholic

neg: St. Karen's High School, Patna Education, New Delhi. St. Karen's High School, Patna St. Karen's High School, Patna is a co-educational institution located in the Gola Road area of Patna, India, established in 1965. It is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. It was founded by Mr. Donald Patrick Galstaun and his wife Lesley Barbara Galstaun (Robert née Webb). The school celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2015. The current principal of the school is Mrs. Seema Singh. St. Karen's High School, Patna was founded in the year 1965 by Mr. Donald Patrick Galstaun and his wife Lesley Barbara Galstaun. The school

neg: Tassac Tassac St. Tassac, also known as St. Tassach was an Irish saint, born in the first decade of the 5th century, died c. 497 and whose feast day falls on the 14 April. He was one of Saint Patrick's disciples, and when St Patrick founded the "Church of St Tassach" he placed St Tassac in charge of it. The Church of Raholp was situated approximately 1 mile south of Saul and was ultimately merged as a Church into the Irish Diocese of Down (now the Diocese of Down and Connor). Some believe that the Church of Raholp was situated in

neg: Saint Patrick's Church (Iowa City, Iowa) Saint Patrick's Church (Iowa City, Iowa) Saint Patrick's Church is a Catholic parish located at 4330 St. Patrick Drive in Iowa City, Iowa. The church is part of the Diocese of Davenport. The parish was formerly located at 228 East Court Street, near downtown Iowa City, before its church building was destroyed by a tornado in 2006. St. Patrick's is the second parish founded in Iowa City after St. Mary's, which was established in 1841. The Rev. M. V. Rice celebrated the first mass for St. Patrick's parish in the former Trinity Episcopal Church on March 23, 1873. The building

neg: St. Martin's Day There are different concerts, a St. Martin's parade and a fireworks show. See also: Saint Martin Street in Poznań. In Portugal, St. Martin's Day is commonly associated with the celebration of the maturation of the year's wine, being traditionally the first day when the new wine can be tasted. It is celebrated, traditionally around a bonfire, eating the "magusto", chestnuts roasted under the embers of the bonfire (sometimes dry figs and walnuts), and drinking a local light alcoholic beverage called "água-pé" (literally "foot water", made by adding water to the pomace left after the juice is pressed out of the

neg: Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major The Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major ("In Dedicatione basilicae S. Mariae") is a feast day in the General Roman Calendar, optionally celebrated annually on 5 August with the rank of memorial. In earlier editions of the General Roman Calendar, down to that of 1960, it is called the Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary of the Snows ("In Dedicatione basilicae S. Mariae ad Nives"), a reference to the legendary story about the foundation of the basilica. For the same reason the feast is also known popularly as Our

neg: St. Olav's shrine of arms and in the traditional ecclesial coat of arms Olavsmerket, show that the memory of the saint king had never left the official language of symbols. Since its re-establishment in Norway in 1843, the Roman Catholic Church has celebrated Olsok, St. Olav’s Day, as a major feast in the church calendar. And since the Olsok renewal from the late 19th century, St. Olav’s Day has also been celebrated in some of the (Lutheran) Church of Norway’s churches, not the least in Nidaros Cathedral. There were three St. Olav’s shrines. The first was the original wooden coffin from Stiklestad, covered

neg: St. Thomas Aquinas Purdue for 2013. He is known to be very focused, and dedicated to each person, or community endeavor God’s puts before him. Fr. Patrick says, “I’m living a dream. To be called to serve’s God children at a place like Saint Thomas Aquinas is an extraordinary blessing. It could only be accomplished because we have extraordinary team of dedicated professionals who give their all every day of the year.” Fr. Patrick was also recently selected to be one of Pope Francis's Missionaries of Mercy. Fr. Patrick stated: "God’s love and mercy are greater than we possibly can imagine. When I first

neg: St. Patrick Catholic High School (Biloxi, Mississippi) Cross after the Mercy nuns who opened Sacred Heart High School and the Holy Cross brothers who opened Notre Dame High School. The first Catholic high school in Gulfport was St. Francis de Sales High School which opened in 1901 and was later renamed St. John High School. In 2007 the schools in Biloxi and Gulfport came together when Mercy Cross High School in Biloxi and St. John High School in Gulfport combined into St. Patrick Catholic High School. St. Patrick Catholic High School (Biloxi, Mississippi) St. Patrick Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Biloxi,

neg: Saint Ours was translated, however, in 1026 to the Abbey of St. Mansuy. His successor was Saint Epvre of Toul. Ours was declared a saint by the Catholic Church. His feast day was formerly celebrated on September 4, but is now celebrated on March 1. Saint Ours Saint Ursus of Toul, known in French as Saint Ours, was a 5th-century French bishop of Toul and a saint of the Roman Catholic Church with a locally venerated feast day celebrated on March 1. Ours was elected bishop of Toul in 490, succeeding Saint Auspicius. When the Frankish king Clovis invaded Gaul, Ours welcomed

neg: Carláen was founded by Saint Patrick, it having been granted to him by Daire, son of Finnchadh, son of Eoghan, son of Niallan".” So Carláen’s appointment was probably due to the influence of his family as the original grantors of the land and several Bishops of Armagh came from this same family. Carláen reigned as Bishop for a decade. St. Carláen died on 24 March 588. The Annals of Ireland give the following obits- After his death Carláen was venerated as a saint and his feast was celebrated on 24 March, the day of his death. The Calendars of the Saints

neg: St Catherine 'Tat-Torba' Church St Catherine 'Tat-Torba' Church The Chapel of St Catherine () is a small Roman Catholic church located in the village of Qrendi, Malta. The first church was first mentioned by Bishop Pietro Dusina during his apostolic visitation in 1575. It is not known when the church was originally built, however it was located near an area referred to as "Ta’ Bieb iż-Żejtunija". The church has a wooden door and one altar. Other than that, that church had nothing else. It was seldom used apart from the yearly service of the feast day on November 25th and occasional masses being celebrated

neg: Patrick Stewart burial controversy members of Patrick Stewart's Nevada Army National Guard unit and the Rev. Bill Chrystal, retired chaplain from Stewart's unit (Roberta was not allowed to speak at the regular Memorial Day Service at the Veterans Cemetery two miles away, prompting the alternative service), Sergeant Stewart's life was celebrated. Afterward, at the Northern Nevada Veterans Cemetery, Mrs. Stewart placed a blue wreath with a white pentacle in the center alongside the blank spot where Patrick's memorial marker would be attached when the pentacle symbol was approved. On May 27, 2006, the Associated Press reported, "Over the years, families have used religious symbols

neg: Iarlaithe mac Treno death of Saint Benignus of Armagh, the Bishop of Armagh, on 9 November 468, Iarlaithe was appointed as the 4th successor to Saint Patrick. Iarlaithe reigned as Bishop for 13 years. Iarlaithe is sometimes confused with St. Iarlaithe mac Loga of Tuam. Iarlaithe died on 11 February 481. The Annals of Ireland give the following obits- After his death Iarlaithe was venerated as a saint and his feast was celebrated on the 11 February, the day of his death. The Calendars of the Saints have the following entries- Iarlaithe mac Treno Iarlaithe mac Treno (also called Earlahy, Hierlath, Iarlaid, Iarlaide,

neg: Cathedral of Saint Mary (Miami) stated they would need one hundred Catholic families for a new parish. Three lots were purchased on the northwest corner of Northwest 2nd Avenue and Northwest 75th Street. In April 1930, ground was broken for a church. The first mass was celebrated in a wooden structure on July 20, 1930. Father William Wilkinson, S.J., of Gesu Church was the celebrant and Monsignor William Barry, P.A., pastor of St. Patrick's Church on Miami Beach, preached the homily. In October 1930, Father Patrick Joseph Roche of County Limerick, Ireland was appointed the first pastor of St. Mary's Parish. The parish area was

neg: National Day of Monaco The birth of Albert II's children has been celebrated in a similar fashion as a national day and 7 January 2015 was declared a public holiday (one-time only). National Day of Monaco The National Day of Monaco (, literally Prince's holiday) also known as The Sovereign Prince's Day is currently annually celebrated on 19 November. The date of the National day is traditionally determined by the reigning Prince. The previous Princes often chose the day of the saint they were named after. For instance the late Prince Rainier III chose 19 November, the day that celebrates St. Rainier. When Prince

neg: Illtud to have included seven sons of British princes and scholars such as Saint Patrick, Paul Aurelian, Taliesin, Gildas and Samson of Dol. Saint David is also believed to have spent some time there. St. Illtud's feast day and commemoration is celebrated on 6 November., but the great 'pardon of Ildut at Locildut in Brittany is held on the last Sunday of July. According to legend, Illtud was buried west of the town of Brecon, in the church of Llanilltud (sometimes called Capel Illtud, which was demolished in the late 20th century), on a mountain known as Mynydd Illtud. Near this

neg: Patrick Dougherty (bishop) very unusual move by Dougherty, on the day before his retirement was announced, he issued a statement denouncing a booklet written by a priest of his diocese. The openly heretical booklet entitled "God is Big. Real Big!" by Father Peter Dresser, apparently denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. In 2009, Dougherty, together with George Cardinal Pell and bishop emeritus of Sale, Jeremiah Coffey, consecrated Michael McKenna as bishop of Bathurst. Dougherty resided in Bathurst until his death at St Catherine's Aged Care facility on 30 August 2010 following a short battle with lung cancer. The Solemn Pontifical Mass was celebrated

neg: St. Clements Roman Catholic Church (Saratoga Springs, New York) the first Catholic Mass in the parish church was celebrated on opening day, October 14, 1917. Bishop Edmund Gibbons dedicated the church, and thus the parish, to Clement Maria Hofbauer on November 25, 1918. Masses were originally held in the basement of nearby St. Clements School. The parish serves Catholics on the East Side of the City of Saratoga Springs, as well as in the neighboring Town of Wilton. St. Clement's created the mission church of St. Therese in Gansevoort out of the local Grange hall in 1965; the first Mass was celebrated there on September 18, 1966. After fifty

neg: History of St. Mary's Church (Dedham, Massachusetts) necessitated holding Mass in the Temperance Hall, often by Father Patrick O'Beirne. Mass was also occasionally celebrated in the Crystal Palace on Washington Street. Worshipers came from Dedham, South Dedham, West Dedham, and West Roxbury. Ordained for less than a decade, the 33-year-old O'Beirne had charge of the Catholics in Dedham, Norwood, Randolph, Holliston, Walpole, and Needham, as well as Roxbury. The number and devotion of the first parishioners permitted a church to be constructed within 10 years. In 1856 the cornerstone was laid, and in 1857, the first St. Mary's Church was completed on Washington Street between Spruce and

neg: St Joseph's Cathedral, Rockhampton May 1862, when Bishop James Quinn of Roman Catholic Diocese of Brisbane sent two young priests on a pastoral visit. Father James Scully and Father Patrick Duhig arrived aboard the "Clarence" and celebrated Mass in the local Court House with about fifty Roman Catholic people. Whilst in Rockhampton the two priests instigated a fund raising exercise to support the construction of a church. This building was opened by Father J Moynahan on 4 January 1863, dedicated to St Joseph. Its location was on the corner of Derby and Alma Streets. Father Charles Murlay, later Dean Murlay, was appointed to the