Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Friendly Sons of St. Patrick The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, officially The Society of The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick for the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland, is an American charitable and social organization for Irish-Americans founded in 1771. The Society was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 17 (St. Patrick's Day), 1771. Among the founders were General Stephen Moylan, aide to George Washington and cavalry commander in the Revolutionary War, and Thomas Fitzsimons, representative of Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress and signatory of the U.S. Constitution, both of whom were born in Ireland. George Washington became an honorary
St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School offered to students. The aim is for students to achieve success by meeting individual learning needs and providing more opportunities to experience and build strengths and interests through a variety of enhanced learning opportunities. These skills enable each student to move forward to post-secondary goals of University, College, Apprenticeship or the world of work. St. Patrick has undergone extensive renovations with the purchase of new up-to-date facilities for theatre and visual arts, physical education and construction technology. St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School The Centre for Arts, Media, and Technology at St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School (also referred as SPCSS, St.