Patrick, a native of Britain, was chiefly responsible for converting the Irish people to Christianity. In the course of his ministry, he is said to have baptized more than 120,000 people and founded more than 300 churches. He died in 465 A.D. In his own Confession, he describes how he was taken from his homeland as a prisoner to Ireland. While he was a captive, he developed his prayer life. Every day he had to tend sheep. And many times a day he prayed. The love of God and His fear came to him more and more, and his faith was strengthened. His spirit was moved so much that in a single day would say as many as a hundred prayers.

By faith in Jesus Christ Patrick overcame loneliness, self-pity and bitterness toward his Irish captors and grew in the experience of the love and provision of God. After six years in Ireland, Patrick escaped and returned by ship to his homeland. About 20 years later, he felt that God called him to return to Ireland to preach the Good News of Christ. At that time, the Irish worshiped objects and idols. As St. Patrick wrote: "Those who never had a knowledge of God until now, always worshiped idols and impure things, now they have been made a people of the Lord and are called the sons of God" St. Patrick is an outstanding example of what one man, with God, can accomplish.