medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Sunday, March 16, 2008, at 7:57 pm, Terrill Heaps wrote:
> This year, by coincidence of calendar, St. Patrick's day is displaced
> by
> Monday in Holy Week, which is March 17th. Then follows Easter and the
>
> Easter Octave. The first open date that St. Patrick's day could be
> transferred to is some time in April. So, for all practical purposes,
>
> St. Patrick's day is omitted this year.
Roman Catholic bishops in the Republic of Ireland and in the United States seemingly have had little difficulty in re-scheduling Patrick's feast to some day _before_ Holy Week. See (e.g.):
March 15:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=9917
http://www.saintpatricksparade.org/
March 14:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/02/20/catholic.conflict.ap/
http://savannahnow.com/node/449800
> I expect that only churches
> whose patron of title is St. Francis
or even St. Patrick. [As readers of "saints of the day" will have observed, I commit this sort of substitution error fairly frequently, esp. when referring to people by an initial. Terrill has my understanding and sympathy.]
>will transfer the liturgical
> observance of St. Patrick, and observe it in April. Them and parishes
>
> where there is a large Irish constituency. This is not to say that there
> won't be some non-liturgical festal observations (parties, dances, and
>
> parades) of St. Patrick, but not during Holy Week.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston begs to differ:
http://tinyurl.com/2xtj3q
Best,
John Dillon
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