ST.PATRICK- OUR PATRON SAINT PAULINE O’SHEA

When he was young • St. Patrick was born in

Wales. A country beside England, close to Ireland.

• When he was a young boy, he was captured and taken to Ireland where he was sold as a slave to a farmer.

• Patrick minded sheep on a hill. He wasn't looked after very well.. He prayed every night. Then one night he heard a voice. It was God. He was telling him he had to escape and to tell the Irish pagans (the people who didn’t know about God) all about Jesus. He became a priest.

Preaching in Ireland

• He used the shamrock to explain to the Irish how to bless themselves and all about God, his son Jesus and the spirit inside of all of them.

• He is also said to have banished all the wild snakes from Ireland.

• He died on the 17th of March a long time ago after spending all his life teaching about God and encouraging people to become priests and bishops just like him.

St.Patrick’s Day

• We celebrate St. Patrick’s day on the 17th of March. Everywhere in the world where there are Irish people it is a big feast day. People have parades and parties and all remember St. Patrick and the country from which they come – Ireland.