      The St.Partick's Roman Catholic Church in Sturgis carried on the tradition of celebrating St. Patrick's day with a pie social and a fun card party on March 12. Individuals enjoyed eating an assortment of pies and participated in a good natured card game.
           Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick is a cultural and religious celebration held on March 17, the traditional death date of (c. AD 385–461), the foremost of .
           Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian in the early 17th century and is observed by the , the (especially the ), the , and . The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of , and celebrates the of in general. On St. Patrick's Day it is customary to wear and/or green clothing. St. Patrick is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the to the . This story first appears in writing in 1726, though it may be older. In pagan Ireland, three was a significant number and the Irish had many , a fact that may have aided St. Patrick in his efforts. says there is no evidence that the shamrock was sacred to the pagan Irish.
           The colour green has been associated with Ireland since at least the 1640s, when the was used by the . Green ribbons and shamrocks have been worn on St Patrick's Day since at least the 1680s. The Friendly Brothers of St Patrick, an Irish founded in about 1750, adopted green as its colour. The phrase "wearing of the green" comes from a , which laments United Irishmen supporters being persecuted for wearing green. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the colour green and its association with St. Patrick's Day grew.
           The wearing of the St. Patrick's Day Cross was also a popular custom in Ireland until the early 20th century.
