Saint Patrick’s Day is here, and so it goes we join millions across the globe to don our best green garb and imbibe in a panoply beverages from the unnaturally verdant Shamrock Shake to the local pub’s green draft – all in a joyous tradition to cheer one another in…
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Saint Patrick: The Real Man at the Heart of the Mythology
SAN JOSE, March 17, 2017- The merriment surrounding Saint Patrick misses the history of a boy who was kidnapped and plunged into the abyss of slavery who grew into a young man who challenged death to escape to freedom only to return to the land of his slave masters to…
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It was that desire for freedom, education and the wish to control their own destiny that so many Irish left Ireland. As a son of St. Patrick, it is important to remember we are still a country of dreamers. We may have different religious and political persuasions, but we are linked by shared necessities and joint aspirations. Education is the key equalizer.
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