1. ST.PATRICK- OUR PATRON SAINT
PAULINE O’SHEA

2. 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.

3. • 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.

4. 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.

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

6. • 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.

7. 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.