Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-15
OBSERVE St. PATR|CES DAY
Various Celebrations to Be Held
in City and County.
Special Mass at Cathedral and Various
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the knights
OF Columbua-Life Of
tho Saint.

The Cathedral Of the immaculate Con.
ception, DeGoesbriand Council, No. 279,
knights Of Columbus, and various Cath.
olio institutions In the country will cello
brate Saturday the 1,424th anniversary of
the death Of st. Patrick. the patron saint
Of ireland. Some Of the obscrvanccs will
teka place tomorrow.
Tho observance at tho Cathedral will
consist of a solemn high mass at ten
o'clock in the morning, at which an ap-
propriate sermon will be delivered by q
visiting clergyman. At. st. Joseph orphan
asylum the children will have an enter
tainment, to include suitable hymns and
songs, tomorrow evening and at $50
O'Clock Saturday morning a special mass
celebrated by the chaplain, the Rev. ]. L.
Penders. st. Stephens parish will have
a suitable entertainment to. morrow eve
ming in Winooski at which the orchestra
of st. Miohacls College will play. The
college will observe the day with recess
on Saturday and the usual mass at seven
o'clock at which hyruns appropriate to
the memory Of the saint will be sung.
In the city the chief observance, aside
from the mass At the Cathedral. will be
that Of tho Knights Of Columbus on Sat.
urday evening. DR.. Patrick Mahoney of
Poultney will be the orator Of the night,
str,mental music and readings will be
given. Grand Knight Thomas h. Wright
has appointed Forrest Maynard. Arthur
Hayes. Edward Brown and Linus Camp
bell q committee to arrange this feature
of the program. Songs and readings by
members Of the Catholic club Of the State
university will be one of several items.
The evening will close with refreshments.
served under the direction OF Walter
Hoy.
District Deputy William v. scully OF
Burlington has been invited to deliver the
address at a musical and literary enter
tainment In Waterbury Saturday evening
at st. Andrews hall. His subject will be
Tho Irish Patriot
LIFE OF THE SAINT.
Few but loyal sons Of Erin know that
March II Is the anniversary Of St. Pat
rick's death and not Of his birth. He died
at Saul, Downpatrick. ireland, II March
1885," says the Encyclopedia Britannica
He was born at Fitzpatrick near Dunbar
ton in Scotland in 1857. his parents being
Calphurnius and Conchessa, the former g
Roman of noble family. who held the Office
Of decurio in Gaul or Britain. Conchesss
was a near relative Of st. Martin of Tours
the great patron of Gaul.
AL 10 years OIL age IdtTlCk was CdTTlel
| off by Irish marauders and sold to
Gyieftain named Milchu in Dalaradia, II
the present County Antrim. In SLAYER,
he learned the Celtic tongue. which III
used later in his teaching OF the gospel
He escaped and under st. German il
France prepared for the priesthood. Pop
st. Celestine entrusted him some year
later with the mission of bringing tn
gospel to the Irish Palladius had alread.
received the mission, but was intimidatet
by the fierce opposition Of the Irish chief
tains. 1t was probably In the summe
months Of 1853 that he landed with hi
comp anions at the mouth Of the Vantr!
river. The Druids took arms against hin
at once. but he was not discouraged. H
went to Dalaradia, where he had been
slave, and paid the price Of his ransom
to his former master. at the same tim
blessing him.
The church he started was never assail
ed. but he was captured a dozen times o
more. and often narrowly ESCAPED death
His remains were inferred at the chief
tains dun or fort two miles from Gaul
where later the Cathedral Of Down wa
built.