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Read about St. Brigid |
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| Brigid became one of the first Christian
Saints in Ireland. She was born at Faughart, a village a few miles
north of Dundalk, Co. Louth, in 453AD. Her father was Dubhtach, a
wealthy pagan chieftain and her mother a Christian slave called Brocessa. As soon as Brigid was old enough she did all the usual housework and any free time was spent in the nearby forest with the animals that lived there. |
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Like St. Francis, she was very fond of
animals. There are many stories about Brigid and how she befriended the
animals. Brigid loved the poor, the sick and the homeless. She prayed constantly to God and she cared greatly about our earth. Brigid is said to have been quite beautiful, intelligent and very capable.
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Brigid became a nun. Although there
were nuns in Ireland before her time, she was the first to set up a
convent where the nuns could live together. The most famous of all
her convents was at Kildare where Brigid lived. |
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| Legend tells us that Brigid, on one occasion, was visiting a sick man. She told him about Jesus dying on the cross and rising from the dead and that he too would share in the happiness of God's love. She made a cross from the rushes on the floor to remind him that Jesus cared for him. Many people still place a St. Brigid's Cross in their homes to ask God's blessing on them. |
St. Brigid's Cross |
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St. Brigid is the Patron Saint of our
school. We celebrate St. Brigid's Day on February 1st. |
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