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The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, March 15, 1995

The real story behind Ireland’s Saint Patrick

“ 1 am Patrick a sinner, most
unlearned, the least of all the
faithful and utterly dispersed by
many.” - St. Patrick: Confessions

The sudden outburst of green
these days is due more likely to be
the arrival of the phenomenon
known as the “Seventh of Ire-
land” or St. Patrick's Day, than

new spring foliage

It will be celebrated with the
“wearin'’ o’ the green", sham-
rocks, silly hats and huge parades
all over the world, wherever there
are Irish immigrants, descendants
and adherents, particularly in the
U.S. and Australia.

Arid of course, it will be cele-
brated in Ireland, though a little

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muted now with the advent of
radio and televisions.

There is only one small fly in
the ointmeny: this best known and
most widely loved Irish saint
wasn’t Irish. Born about 385 A.D.
on the banks of the Severn River,

-on the border of what is now Eng-

land and Wales, he was at that
time a member of the then Roman
colony, Britannica.

His father and grandfather, also
noble Roman-Britons, were both

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pr clergymen in the new
Christian belief.

Magonus Sucatus Particius (the
first two are his Romaho-Briton
names) was, according to his own
autobiography, an unlikely suc-
cessor to the high family tradition,
much less a saint

As a youth, he was “cov-
etous, licentious, materialistic
and a generally heathenish”
youngster while his Latin was
awful to the end

When he was 16, however, his
village was raided by Irish pirates
who carried off hundreds. of
young men and women as slaves,
and Patrick ended up as a-slave
sheep herder in County Antrihm,
in Ireland.

It was not a pleasant experience
apparently, but it provided two
essential things for his remarkable
career: he learned to speak and
write in Gaelic, which made his

later missionary work so effec-

tive; and it gave him time to med-

itate on his future vocation as a
jest.

He finally
escaped and
walked 320
kilometres to
where he
“knew” a ship
was waiting
for him. Here,
he greatly
impressed the
sailors with
his faith,

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widely throughout Ireland where
with his eloquence, imposing
Presence and unassuming manner,
he made many converts and
founded numer-
ous churches,
monasteries and
schools.

He also tmade
bitter

rock, Patrick was preaching on
the concept of the Trinity—the
coexistance of God the Father,
God the Son and God the Holy
Spirit co-existing as a single
divine entity.

However, he was having diffi-
culty making it understandable to
his listeners. Suddenly, he saw a
in the grass, plucked it

among the
pagan Irish
Druids and had
some dozen nar-
row escapes

and finally, after spending a dozen
years studying for the priesthood
under St. Germaine in Gaul,
returned home intent in convert-
ing pagan Ireland to Christianity.

After some frustrating delay
(they learned of his youthful indis-
cretions), he was sent to Ireland as
its second bishop and built a church
on a hill at Armagh in 432 A.D.

That site is now occupied by
the Anglican Cathedral of St.
Patrick while on the adjoining hill,
where the new bishop, Patricihs,
rescued a fawn and its mother (an
augury) stands the present Roman
Catholic Cathedral of St. Patrick.
Tt has been destroyed at least eight
times over the years by fire and
pillage but still retains some of the
original building stones.

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from captivity and death. It was,
doubtless, these monasteries and
schools which helped create the
unique Irish Renaissance which
was to be a beacon of faith and
learning in the latter part of the
so-called Dark Ages, when the
rest of Europe had descended into
semi-barbarism.

The beautiful Book of Kells,
inspired.by the Irish/Scottish
Saint Columba (Columcilla) and
St. Patrick’s biography, The-
Book of Armagh described as
“one of the most precious illumi-
nated manuscripts of the Dark
Ages,” are both products of this
remarkable flowering of literary
and art forms.

It was a time when Armagh
was one of the greatest centres of
Européan learning and religion,
an oasis in a cultural desert which
still holds up a candle of hope to
the world.

St. Patrick, usually shown
dressed in his bishop's robes, is
credited with many miracles—rais-
ing the dead, kindling the snow
and, by preaching from a hilltop,
driving the snakes out of Ireland.
What would you expect in a land
where pixie dust is everywhere?

One of the most enduring and
cogent stories is about the sham-

and held it up for inspection. He
then asked his audience to imag-
ine that the three leaves represent-
ed Father, Son and Holy
Spirit—separate in themselves,
but with each leaf joined to a sin-
gle stem representing a single

The lesson caught on and the
shamrock became the religious
symbol of the feat day of St.
Patrick for the next 1,500 years
and its green color the symbol of
renewed life.

After 30 years of unremitting
toil in converting an entire nation,
St. Patrick died on March 1, 461
A.D, and was buried in Down
Cathedral at Downpatrick. Each
year Ulster’s largest St. Patrick's
Day parade passes through

a really big one complete with
bands, crazy costumes, millions of
shamrocks and gallons and gallons
of green beer. It's all good fun, but
it's also worth giving a thought to
the man himself, for despite all the
accumulated legend and current
whoopla, he was a very real man
and he never forgot what it was to
be uneducated, a slave, an exile
and a fugitive. We still have a lot
of them today.

(Once again my thanks to
librarian Judy Wearmouth and her
dedicated assistants for their help.)

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Wednesday, March 15, 1995

The Castlegar Sun

Page 13B

Gouk calls federal budget 'cowardly'

[RON NORMAN
‘Sun Ed

Last week's federal budget
received poor reviews from area
politicians.

Kootenay West-Revelstoke
MP Jim Gouk called the Liberal
budget “cowardly” and said
Finance Minister Paul Martin
should have moved quicker to
reduce the deficit.

“Overall, this is a very coward-
ly budget because a lot of tough
financial decisions are being put
off to another day,” Gouk said in
a prepared release.

“But by postponing these hard
choices, they are just going to
become even tougher over time.
The Liberals have talked tough
but delivered mush.”

Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Con-
roy wasn't quite so harsh, but

said he had two concerns. about
the budget: the loss of 45,000
federal civil service jobs and the
move to block funding for
provinces.

“I recognize the need to get
our financial house in order,”
Conroy told The Castlegar Sin
in an interview.

However, he said he is con-
cerned about the magnitude of the
job cuts at the same time that
Ottawa is reducing spending on
social

He said the federal government
is cutting Unemployment Insur-
ance funding and reducing transfer
payments to the provinces, which
will need the money to help pay
for increased welfare costs result-
ing from the job losses.

“They're not going to find
45,000 jobs kicking around,”
Conroy said.

i

MP Jim Gouk
. budget is ‘mush’
Those people will be apply-
ing for unemployment insur-
ance and welfare.
And he said that by moving to
block funding, the federal gov-

ernrhent may be putting

di and bal d the bud-

social programs in jeopardy.

He noted each province can
spend the federal money it
receives how it wants, That could
mean some provinces will reduce
health-care spending.

“Universal health care could
,” Conroy said.

“I am a real proud Canadian,”
Conroy added, and he said what
makes Canadians unique is their
concern for each other.

He said he is worried that the
change to block funding will
change part of what makes us

S.
Meanwhile, Gouk said the Lib-
erals should have adopted some
of the Reform Party's proposals
and moved quicker toward a bal-
anced budget without imposing
any new taxes.
“The Liberals could have cut

care decision-making into the Kootenays.
Zeeben said Hart has been involved in

Sheila Hart named as transition team manager

health care planning since 1987 and will be'a
valuable asset to the transition team.
Han, who is the administrator for Mount St.

College
board to
change
structure

KAREN KERKHOFF _
Sun Staff

Bill 22 has come to Selkirk
College. Registrar John Aslin
says the implementation of the
bill, which amends the College
and Institute Act by the addition
of student and faculty represen-
tation on the college board, has
been well received.

“It’s a step toward democrat-
ic post-secondary education.
People have been very positive
about this.”

Specifically, the bill, which
was passed in 1994, will see

OBITUARIES

Borghild Marle Selvig

Borghild Marie Selvig of
Castlegar passed into the pres-
ence of her Lord March 10, 1995
at the age of 77
_ She died at home after a
courageous struggle with cancer.
She was bom near Buchanan,
Sask. April 18, 1917 to Agnes
(nee Olson) and Reinus Johnson,

She married Gunnar Selvig in
1938 at Prince Rupert and
moved to Castlegar in 1960. She
‘was active in the Sons of Nor-
way (lifetime member) and St
Peter Lutheran Church. Her hob-
bies were needlework and Nor-
wegian rose painting.

She is survived by her hus-
band Gunnar of Castlegar, two
daughters and sons-in-law, Sonja
and Norm Sather of Castlegar
and Shirley and Paul Malakoff
of Naramata; grandchildren Sari,
Steve, Paula and Eric Sather,
Kerry, Tanya and Kristi
Malakoff; brothers and sisters-
in-law Harold and Hilda John-
son of Pi , Ray and Joyce

election of one ive
from the faculty, one from the
support staff and two students.
to the college board. Student
terms will be for one year,
while the other positions will
be three-year terms.

Although there might be a
perceived conflict of interest
during collective bargaining
because the newly-elected will
also be union members, Aslin
said that’s just not the case.

“We have conflict of interest
guidelines, and if someone
knows they'll be negotiating
they just won't run [for the
board position}. Or they can
excuse themselves from the
conversations.”

Elections will be held around
the end of this month.

Aslin said other college,
such as Malspina and Okana-
gan Colleges, have already.
implemented the bill, but he
hasn't received feedback on
how the bill has impacted
those campuses.

As well, there will also be a
new Education Council struck
which will include 10 faculty
members, two support staff and
four students representatives.

Johnson of Abbotsford, ‘Fred and
Elizabeth Simonson of Chemai-
nus; sisters Eva Basso and Dolly
Kaardal of Robson; numerous
nieces and ws.

In _liew of flowers, contribu-
tions may be made to St. Peter
Lutheran Church, 713 4th St.
Castlegar B.C. VIN 2B7 or the
Canadian Cancer Sogiety, or the
charity of one's choice.

Funeral arrangements are
under the direction of the Castle-
gar Funeral Chapel.

Castlegar Aquanauts summer swim registration will
be held Monday, March 13 and
Wednesday, March 16. Also the 11th & 12th of April
between 4:00 pm & 7:00 pm.
At the Castlegar Rec. Centre.
New swimmers please bring a copy of your birth certificates.

Fee for new swimmers

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get without raising taxes
Instead, they are targeting mid-
die-class Canadians with such
measures as a 1.5 cent-a-liter
tax on gasoline and raising
nearly $4 billion in new tax
revenue over the next three
years, by methods such as a
12.5 per cent increase in large
corporations’ taxes.”

Gouk said the government
should realize that many of the
increased taxes will “filter” down
to consumers through lower
employee wages and increased
product costs.

“That means higher prices for

everyday goods and services for
consumers and less pocket money
to buy them with.”

Gouk also pointed to the new
$200 million tax on Private, utili-
ties, saying it is a “penalty
against citizens wig choose to
light and heat their homes in the
dead of winter,”

He commended the Liberals
for reducing business subsidies
and cutting departmental spend-
ing, but said many subsidies are
still left in place.

“So what we're secing is the
Liberals rip yet another page out
of the Reform book but they keep
messing it up.”

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