The Lackawanna County Men’s and Ladies’ Ancient Order of Hibernians recently gathered to celebrate the Feast of St. Brigid of Ireland. The Rev. Richard Fox celebrated the Eucharistic Liturgy ...

Donation Options Search Search Search A mural showing joyful schoolchildren appears on an exterior wall of St. Angela School in Austin. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share A joyful mural on ...

Tuesday was a community paint day at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children as part of Embracing the Light, a two-year project focused on mental health awareness. The community came together in ...

Bishop Router said St Brigid’s legacy challenges modern governance to move beyond rhetoric and ensure that policies address inequality. Modern society must adopt an approach similar to that of ...

Yet they rarely mention the woman standing just to his left – St Brigid, whose feast day at the weekend was a celebration of women. Brigid was said to be a Kildare woman. Her links to London don ...

The February bank holiday makes me think of the endurance of Saint Brigid’s myth and lore Saint Brigid mural in Dundalk ... Reflecting on St Brigid’s Day made me think of the endurance ...

including the Brigid of Faughart mural in Dundalk, St Brigid's Shrine and the Holy Well in Faughart. The map and guide is available from the local tourist office or can be downloaded from the ...

And why is she one of Ireland's patron saints? St Brigid was said to have been born in Faughart, Co Louth, not far from Dundalk in 451 or 452 AD. Her mother was a slave and her father was a chieftain.

In Ireland, Feb. 1 marks the beginning of spring and the celebration of “Lá Fhéile Bríde” — St. Brigid’s Day. For Irish Catholics, the day has always been significant, as St. Brigid is ...

This week we are celebrating St Brigid and the Celtic festival of Imbolc. In ancient Ireland this festival heralded the beginning of spring, the return of light and the growth of crops and livestock.

Oral and folk tradition recounts that St. Brigid, whose feast day is celebrated in Ireland on Feb. 1, made a cross from rushes or reeds to explain Christianity to the faithful in much the same way ...

St Brigid's Day ... light show in Dundalk and a candlelight procession through Faughart. Ireland's best-known female saint also has her own unique symbol - the St Brigid's cross.