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Can Catholics celebrate St. Patricks in 2008?



 
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:48 pm    Post subject: Can Catholics celebrate St. Patricks in 2008? Reply with quote
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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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm going with "too late!"
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe some of our Catholic members can enlighten us?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Can Catholics celebrate St. Patricks in 2008? Reply with quote
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. Laughing
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