“Who Was St. Patrick of Ireland” This is Something to Think About 03.17.25
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“Who Was St. Patrick of Ireland”
Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About”
Air Date Monday, March 17, 2025
It’s “green” across America today as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
St. Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland who is believed to be born in Scotland.
His father was a deacon in the Christian church. God called St. Patrick to evangelize the British Isles, and he built the first church in Ireland.
A little-known fact is that the Catholic church declared St. Patrick the patron saint of engineers. He introduced Roman engineering to church buildings to utilize lime mortar in leu of stacking large stones. He also brought “arch” architecture s to the church buildings that’s still seen throughout Ireland today.
In 1601 the first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place in St. Augustine, Florida.
Irish American immigrants transformed the day from a religious celebration to one commemorating their Irish heritage.
Bill Bunkley is a 19-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs weekdays across central Florida from 3 to 6 pm. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 29 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is today a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. His wife is Toni, son is Zac, and they attend Idlewild Baptist Church.
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