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Here is a link to a bunch of our old St. Patrick's Day threads. There is a science thread, book suggestions, coloring pages, etc. Some days and celebrations just invite cross disciplinary connections and living learning. This is one of them.
I always think science is a fun one to tie in to what seem like unrelated celebrations like this. So that is one I generally explore which is why I posted the science one, years back.
Last night we were at a St. Patrick's party of some friends. We read both the Lorica and Litany of St. Patrick and as we were doing it, it struck me that should be included today in Language Arts study - not just religion/liturgical year.
The Lorica of St. Patrick is FULL of prepositions, especially this paragraph - how about identifying them all...
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.
And this St. Patrick Litany (or any litany!) is a great place to talk about appositives in action and identify the examples.
St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland,
St. Patrick, most worthy in God’s eyes,
St. Patrick, model of Bishops,
St. Patrick, enemy of infidelity,
etc.
 So where else can St. Patrick fit in today and teach our kids?
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Botany: What are the differences between 3 and 4 leaf clovers? Are they different plants or anomalies of the same plant?
What are the uses of clover? Who benefits from clover? Ever notice how much "clover honey" is on the grocery shelves?
It's one of the weeds people try to reduce in their lawns, and one that can hurt if you walk barefoot on the same flowers that the bees are enjoying, but it's really an important little weed.
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Of course, Religion, but this isn't just about the saint, but the focus on Lent preparing for Easter. I just can't think about St. Patrick without thinking of that first Easter Vigil in Ireland.
My last column at Catholic Culture is about that very theme: Feastday Highlights: St. Patrick and the Paschal Feast.
Further rabbit trails connected with St. Patrick is monastic life and calligraphy, history of books, and history of Christianity. There is a book that caused a big stir "How the Irish Saved Civilization". I only thumbed through it, and didn't like some of the conclusions the author had, but the title is correct. Patrick really solidly planted Christianity in Ireland, and after him there was so much more growth in Catholicism, including monastic life. He died around 461, a time often called "the Dark Ages" because barbarians became stronger at the time and almost snuffed out the newly established Christian faith. People were in fear and also were living a life of subsistence in many parts of Europe this time, so no time to learn to read and write and spread the Faith.
Because of the strong Irish faith, the Irish missionaries and monasteries spread, including to Europe. And with that came also the preservation of books, the books of ancient Greece and Rome and early Church Fathers, the Bible, etc, and preservation of civilization.
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