LOWELL — Now more 100 years old, St. Bridget’s Chapel is in need of some cosmetic touch-ups. Local historian Dave McKean and his wife, Brenda, have been maintaining the building’s interior and ...

Through narrow, winding roads with overflowing hedgerows, Faughart appears virtually untouched through the centuries. I came to this ancient village a few months ago to visit St. Brigid’s Shrine.

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

St Brigid was the feminist, peacemaker and environmentalist who went on to become the matron saint of Ireland. St Brigid's Day, on February 1, marks the start of spring and became a bank holiday in ...

The relics of St. Brigid are set to return to her native Kildare for the first time in nearly 1,000 years in late January as part of celebrations marking the 1,500th anniversary of her death. The ...

Pope Benedict XVI devoted his catechesis Oct. 27 to St. Bridget of Sweden, a 14th-century saint. The Holy Father noted two phases in her life. During the first phase, she was a happily married wife ...

Here's what would have happened if Ireland's two patron saints argued... Where's her February 1st parade Saint Patrick?! You see, when I went a-wandering through the boreens running in a maze through ...

A woman prays with a rosary at a stone cross during a pilgrimage to the holy well of St. Brigid in Liscannor, Ireland, Feb. 1, 2017. (OSV News photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters) DUBLIN (OSV News) — An ...

Aerial view of St. Bridget's Church in Jersey City which is being redeveloped into apartments. Photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal)Get Photo Aerial view ...

Devotees of St. Brigid plan to celebrate her Sunday with the scheduled return of a relic associated with the so-called matron saint of Ireland. The festivities come about a millennium after her ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Devotees of St. Brigid are commemorating the ...