St. Brigid of Kildare, Abbess & Virgin(Bride, Bridget, Brigit, Ffraid)—————————————————————Born at Faughart (near Dundalk) or Uinmeras (near Kildare), Louth,Ireland, c. 450; died at Kildare, Ireland, c. 525; feast of hertranslation is June 10. “We implore Thee, by the memory of Thy Cross’s hallowed and most bitteranguish, make us fear Thee,…
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Saint Willibrord of Northumbria
St. Willibrord of Northumbria, Apostle to Friesland, Bishop Born in Northumbria, Britain, 658; died in Echternach, Luxembourg, 739. His name indicates that he is of Saxon lineage (‘Willi’ is a great god of Norse mythology; ‘brord’ indicates ‘under the protection of’). Willibrord, first Archbishop of Utrecht, is one of the…
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Saint Ninian of Whithorn
St. Ninian Bishop of Whithorn (Nynia, Ninnidh) Apostle to the Picts, Abbot of Candida Casa (White House) Monastery, Bishop of Whithorn Bishop and confessor; date of birth unknown; died about 432; the first Apostle of Christianity in Scotland. The earliest account of him is in Bede (Hist. Eccles., III, 4):…
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Saint Melangell
Our ministry is dedicated to Saint Melangell, she has always been our patron saint. She’s a wonderful Celtic saint who spent her life trying to make a safe place for folks amongst the thorns, thickets, and briarpatches of society and of the world and that is our calling as well,…