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 Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: Can Catholics celebrate St. Patricks in 2008? |
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What's the final scoop on this? I had read that the Catholic church does not allow festivals during Holy Week - and that this year because Easter is so early, St. Patrick's Day fell during Holy Week. So I thought the official view of the Vatican was that it was not to be celebrated.
Is that true or do I have the details wrong?
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I'm going with "too late!"
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Ana
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Maybe some of our Catholic members can enlighten us?
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: Re: Can Catholics celebrate St. Patricks in 2008? |
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| admin wrote: | What's the final scoop on this? I had read that the Catholic church does not allow festivals during Holy Week - and that this year because Easter is so early, St. Patrick's Day fell during Holy Week. So I thought the official view of the Vatican was that it was not to be celebrated.
Is that true or do I have the details wrong? |
Actually, this is true. But I saw on TV where the different diocese stated that they were going to leave it up to the individual.
Some interesting facts about St. P though -
Saint Patrick was not an Irish native. He was born in Britain.
Also, it is a myth that St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland. Snakes were not indigenous to Ireland.
Seems there is a bunch of Blarney concerning this holiday. 
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