In 1968, out of the blue, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen announced he was giving away St. Bridget’s Parish – church, convent, and school – to the government.

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 - today, Saturday 1 February - is traditionally marked by Catholic religious commemorations but recent years have seen a surge in interest for all things Brigid-themed. The ...

Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath said she was wearing a St. Brigid’s cross during a briefing on the January 2025 wildfires and not an “inverted” cross, as posts online ...

One folk tradition that continues in some homes on St. Brigid's Day (or Imbolc) is that of the Brigid's Bed. The girls and young unmarried women of the household or village create a corn dolly to ...

Revered relics of St Brigid are coming back to Co Kildare after nearly a millennium. St Brigid, the mother saint of Ireland, is one of the country's three national saints along with St Patrick and ...

In 2023, St. Brigid's Day became Ireland's newest bank holiday - it's observed on the first Monday after February 1, which in 2025, is February 3. While St. Patrick is celebrated around the world ...

Braving the frigid wind tunnels in midtown Manhattan on Saturday, Feb. 1, participants heading to this annual celebration at ...

And they let me join in. I kicked things off at a candlelit concert in St Brigid’s Cathedral in Kildare town, a 30-minute train ride from Dublin. Over the course of the evening, some of Ireland ...

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