Happy St. Patrick’s Day

We had a fun family party for St. Patrick’s Day.

The kids went on a treasure hunt to see what Lucky the Lepracan left.

They found the pot o’ gold!

About St. Patrick from Wikipedia:

Saint Patrick (estimated AD 387 – AD 461)(Latin: Patricius, Irish: Naomh Pádraig), said to have been born Maewyn Succat (Latin: Magonus Succetus), was a Roman Britain-born Christian missionary and is the patron saint of Ireland along with Brigid of Kildare and Columba. He was educated at a monastery and school of divinity founded by Saint Illtud (now Llantwit Major), often called “the oldest university in the world”. It was distinguished for also educating Taliesin, Saint Gildas, Saint Samson, Saint Paul Aurelian and possibly Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales.

When he was about sixteen he was captured by Irish raiders and taken from his native Wales as a slave to Ireland, where he lived for six years before escaping and returning to his family. After entering the church, he later returned to Ireland as a missionary in the north and west of the island, but little is known about the places where he worked and no link can be made between Patrick and any church. By the eighth century he had become the patron saint of Ireland. The Irish monastery system evolved after the time of Patrick and the Irish church did not develop the diocesan model that Patrick and the other early missionaries had tried to establish.

Saint Patrick. (2009, March 17). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15:35, March 17, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Patrick&oldid=277869207