Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Normally celebrated on the 17th, this year it was moved up 2 days:
From Wikipedia:
The date of the feast is occasionally moved by church authorities when March 17 falls during Holy Week; this happened in 1940 when Saint Patrick's Day was observed on 3 April in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and is happening again now in 2008, as it is being held today, March 15.
Comments
I heard that similar Holy Week rules applied to St. Joseph's Day, too.