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On this page you'll find all our special things for St. Patrick's Days including stationery, QuickNotes and Funletters. Our stationery and QuickNotes for St. Patrick's Day  have been updated for Windows Vista. So whether you use Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows ME - you can be sure our stationery and our QuickNotes will work for you!

A reminder: All Stationery and QuickNotes have been updated for Windows Vista. Funletters have not yet been updated for Windows Vista. All Cloudeight Funletters work with Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, and Windows ME.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!


A Little About St. Patrick

The facts of Patrick's life are largely obscured by legend. He belonged to a Christian family of Roman citizenship. Captured when barely 16 by Irish marauders and enslaved, he worked for six years as a herder on the slopes of Slemish (near Ballymena, Co. Antrim) or of Croaghpatrick or (most likely) of both. Then, in response to a voice, he escaped and embarked for Gaul.

Patrick spent some years wandering on the Continent and probably visited the Monastery of St. Martin at Marmoutier. He entered the monastery at Lérins and received the tonsure. He returned c.413 to his native Britain and lived for some years with relatives. During this time he had a vision that called him to return to Ireland to Christianize it. Accordingly, he returned to Europe (c.419) to perfect himself as a missionary. The next 12 years were spent in study at Auxerre. In 431, St. Palladius, first missionary bishop sent to Ireland, died; Patrick was consecrated (432) in his place by St. Germanus of Auxerre.