HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-03-14, Page 7The' origination of St. Patrick's Day
Saturday is March 17 and, as became
a custom in 1645, will be eec%brated as
St. Patrick's Day, in honour of the
patron saint. of Ireland.
According to the encyclopedia,
Patrick was chiefly responsible for
con-
verting the Irish people to Chriattiutity.
IIe }becp e known .as the. Apostle to the
Bern in Britain, he was the son of a
wealthy Ciliation aldernlan. At the age
of 16, pirates captured him during a
raid and :sold him as a slave in Ireland,
Where heserved as a shepherd of an.
'Irish chieftain in Ulster. During his cap-
tivity, Patrick dedicated himself to
religion. After six years of slavery he
escaped .and, returned to his home in
\Britain.
As a result of his einperiences in
Ireland, Patrick became driven by the
id of converting the Irish to
ty. He studied` in the monastery of
Lerins on en island off the southeast..
coast of France, and studied religion
under" Saint Germans, a French
bishop. Due to what his religious
superiors considered red an inadequate ear-
ly education, they were'reluctant to let
him return to Ireland as a missionary.
Following the death. of Palladius, the
mat Irish missionary bishop,_ .Patrick
wait sent to Ireland by Pope r� I.
ireaW his work in northern and
'n
wes treed d, where it is Muted no
one had ever preached Christianity.
Gaining the trust and hiendablp of
several tribal leaders he soon made.
many converts. It is said he founded
more than SOOchurches and baptized
more than 120,000 prates -
He succeeded in his mission in
Irleand, despite the fact that many.
British clergymen . / I I • , Maps and his •
Organization ol his M I I I N I ..He French.
eddin Ireland for the rest ,of his life.
Many ,stories about Patrick are based
. only on legend. One of the best-known
tales tellshow he charmed the makes
of Ireland intli the sea se theywere
drowned.- end says he .used
a three -leaf -shamrock to illustrate the
idea of the Trinity and many believe
that the shamrock came to be the. tradi-
tional symbol of Ireland as a result of '
this .legend,
St. Patrick's Day, Ireland's national
holiday, is celebrated by Irishmen and
their deocendants the -world over. Green
is the • color of the day and the
shamrock, is worn to commemorate St.
Patrick's use of it as a symbolic of the
Trinity.
Ristoiy�.f14,tWaw:anosh
Residents of West Wawanosn Townstiulr
will soon be asked to take an active part
in the writing of the township history
book.,
The History Book committee has spent
many months researching land registry
records, census reports up to 1891, delv-
ing -into cemetery and marriage records
and reading old newspappeerrs,:The next
stage is the public's involvement.
Not every piece of history was commit
ted to paper and many families have
their own family history, which m some
cases will involve stories about the life
and ; times. �in West Wawanosh. At the
February meeting the .committee approv-
ed the draft of a letter and questionnaire
that will be sent out to residents -m. the
township soliciting information form
them.
The committee has compuea early
statistics on each farm in the township
and will give this to theresidents m
hopes that they may be able to: add to it,
There has never been a history book
written about West Wawanosh so there's ' ,
a lot of ground to cover. The book will
include 'the last 25 years as well as
pioneer times. The' committee is also
looking for pictures that •capturethe style.
and quality of.life. Not to be ignored, are"
family celebrations and 50th and 60th
wedding anniversary pictures.
The coirnmiittee meets the last Tuesday
of every month at 8 p.m. in the township
council chambers.' Volunteers are invited
to help with typing,' researching, or Min -
big other residents put their thoughts on
paper.
Armstrongs back from Florida
HITECHURCH'
by Jean Ross
Mr. and Mrs. Wally Steubet of Cargill
and Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Baker ' of 'Sur- .
rey B.C. were supper guests with Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Laidlaw, on Thursday
evening. On Saturday Mir. and Mrs.
Leroy 'Winger and family Ethel were din-
ner guests .
Mr. and Mrs. John Gibb and family of
Kitchener were Sunday guests with Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Gibb.
Richard Day. of Kitchener .spent the
week -end with his parents Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Day.
Mr. and Mrs. George Armstrong arriv
-.ed home on Thursday after spending two
months in Florida:
The World Day of prayer service was
held on March 2 fn the. United church.
The leaders were Mildred McClenaghen
and Kathleen Elliot, eighteen attended.
Dora Neikon was the guest speaker she
was thanked and presented with a gift by
Jean Ross. The ladies of the U.C.W. serv-
ed refreshments following the service.
The Reverend Dr. R. Douglas Mac-
Donald, clerk of the Synod of Hamilton
London and Moderator of the Presbytry
of Bruce Maitland was the guest minister
at Chalmers Whitechurch on Sunday mor-
ning, while Rev. Mrs. Wilton was on
holidays. Next Sunday March 18 the Rev.
John C. Henderson of Waterloo will be
the guest minister, John is the son of
Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Henderson of
Lucknow. Everyone welcome to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ross Andrew
visited last Sunday .with Mr.. and Mrs.
Bob Ross Waterloo.
Anyone with news , items for the
Whitechurch personal please phone. me
by Thursday evening.
44•H NEWS
The third meeting of. the Trinity Tender
Twists was held at the home of Connie
Black, During the meeting members
made crescent rolls and completed a quiz
sheet on all the information we learned
during meeting two.
We . also learned the :drugstore wrap
method, for wraps the bread and put-
ting it in the freezer. A few people
brought things they had made the
previous week. •
Meeting four was .'held at Hazel
rHackett's residence. Heather Alton read
the minutes and we made pizza bread
with our favourite toppings.
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