There's a saying in Gaelic, “Céad Míle Fáilte.” Its literal translation is “one hundred thousand welcomes”, or “you are welcome, a thousand times, wherever you come from, whosoever you be.”

St. Patrick’s held it’s first 100,000 Welcomes dinner in 2002 with two goals: to raise money to supplement the church’s operational budget and to enjoy our community over good food and drink. The tradition has continued every year since, including a few years where it was held virtually in the height of the pandemic.