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Celebrating St Patrick’s Day It is also a day for religious observance, for attending mass, spiritual renewal and offering prayers for missionaries worldwide, being first placed on the liturgical calendar in the Catholic Church in the early 17th century: to more secular folk, Saint Patrick’s Day is better known for its parades in major cities like Mothering Sunday: 14 March 2010
The holiday has been adopted internationally: in the US, the date of the second Sunday in March was chosen to reflect the dates of celebrations around the world; in Catholic countries the day No Smoking Day 2010If you’re a smoker and you’ve had enough of your habit, there’s no better day to stop (apart from tomorrow) than 10th March 2010: No Smoking Day.
What’s more, over one million other would-be quitters will be joining you in the attempt! Over the past few years more and more people have been kicking the deadly habit for good and this trend is due in no small part to No Smoking Day. Commonwealth Day 2010
Commonwealth Day focuses on the partnership that exists between countries of the Commonwealth, bridging the gap between an important part of world history and the modern age. The Origins of International Women’s DayAlthough International Women’s Day (IWD) is linked with the socialist movement, it owes its existence to one woman in particular whose vision was facilitated by the United Nations: Clara Zetkin.
Back in 1911 when the inaugural IWD took place on March 19th in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, women didn’t even have the right to vote: ironically, the date was chosen because it commemorated the day that the King of Prussia promised to introduce women’s suffrage in 1848, a promise that never came to fruition. |
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Saint Patrick’s Day
Although Mothering Sunday has become synonymous with the American Mother’s Day and brash commercialism, the tradition of honouring mothers in the UK with gifts, tokens, and appreciation goes back hundreds of years with roots in pagan festivals and Christian liturgy.