BRATTLEBORO — St. Brigid’s Kitchen and Pantry marks 43 years of offering free hot meals to the food insecure on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, with an anniversary fundraising appeal. The theme of the ...

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 ...

St Brigid's Day, or Imbolc, has been a yearly public holiday since 2023 to mark both the saint's feast day and the seasonal festival. The public holiday is observed on the first Monday of February ...

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 ...

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, celebrated on February 1st, honors both the Christian saint and the ancient Celtic goddess Brigid. It marks the beginning of spring in Ireland and highlights the festival's deep ...

St. Brigid Catholic School fifth-grader Quinn Bennett is excited to share the blessings she has with those who are in need. "It feels good (to help people in need). Some people don't have hats or ...

I came to this ancient village a few months ago to visit St. Brigid’s Shrine. Little did my husband Damien and I know how much we were to learn that day, or the unexpected impact St. Brigid ...

compassionate St. Brigid . This year, following a three-year campaign by a feminist organization, herstory , the Irish government finally acknowledged Brigid's importance by declaring a new ...

Devotees of St. Brigid are commemorated the 1,500th anniversary of her death Thursday, the feast day of the so-called matron saint of Ireland, who’s been gaining a modern following. Many of the ...

She is Brigid, pagan goddess or Christian saint, or both? “I know this place,” she breathes, closing her eyes and almost getting flattened by a JJ Kavanagh bus transporting students down home ...