St. Brigid has given Ireland one of its most iconic religious and cultural images — the cross that carries her name.

Monsignor Joseph B. Illig was the beloved pastor who spent 36 years shepherding St. Brigid's Catholic Church, from 1922, to his death on Easter Sunday in 1958. During his years as pastor, he completed ...

A recent Eucharistic procession in Derry, Ireland, highlighted an inspiring revival of Catholic faith in a city synonymous with some dark days in Ireland’s troubled history.

St Brigid's Day - today, Saturday 1 February - is traditionally marked by Catholic religious commemorations ... St Brigid also founded the "church of the oak tree" - the Irish translation of ...

St. Brigid's Day, February 1, is when Ireland remembers the Celtic goddess Brigid and her immense power in both the Irish mythological and religious imagination. The goddess Brigid was the ...

Professor Jane Ohlmeyer celebrates the lives of courageous women across history – ‘the viragos and matrons’ from Brigid to ...

Representatives of parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Boston gathered with Archbishop Richard G. Henning at St. Brigid Parish in Lexington on Feb. 1 to kick off the 2025 Catholic Appe ...

From the Biddy boys and Brat Bríde to holy wells and Brigid's crosses, February 1st was marked with great gusto in old ...