St Patrick, Soul friends and Ash Wednesday

Today for Saint Pius X we had a very special mass. This mass is special because we celebrated the three important occasions for our school . They are, St Patrick's day, Soul Friends and Ash Wednesday. As we journey in the fourth week of lent, today we honour St. Patrick who is the patron saint of the Irish people and The Holy Faith Sisters who started our school, more than sixty years ago, who were from Ireland. They brought with them the beautiful idea of Soul Friends. We had our Ash Wednesday today because we were on lockdown during Ash Wednesday.

In the early Irish church the people chose someone smart to be their soul friend. This is a friend that they can talk to and share their life experiences. The soul friends seek his/her advise and share their stuff in life like how their life is going and their worries. About St. Patrick, St Patrick's full name was Maewyn Succat and then he changed his name to Patricius, or Patrick. St. Patrick was born in Britain—not Ireland—to wealthy parents near the end of the fourth century. He is believed to have died on March 17, around 460 A.D. Here is a photo of out soul friends sharing lunch and my poster of Ash Wednesday Soul friends mass and St Patricks day.

Soul Friends Photo

My Poster