He didn't chase the snakes out of Ireland and he may never have plucked a shamrock to teach the mystery of the Trinity. Yet St. Patrick well deserves to be honored by the people of Ireland--and by downtrodden and excluded people everywhere.
The special initiation process for youth joining the Church often has a surprising side effect: The parents who dropped out now come back to the Church.
By Jan Dunlap
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