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Memorial of St Brigid of Kildare – 1st February 2022
February 1, 2022 @ 1:10 pm - 1:45 pm
St Brigid depicted within the Our Lady Help of Christians Patronal stained glass window of St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney. St Brigid is shown as an abbess, holding a lamp, which symbolises learning and wisdom, a book and an abbess’s crozier
St Brigid of Kildare
Patron saint of County Kildare, babies; blacksmiths; boatmen; brewers; cattle; chicken farmers; children whose parents are not married; children with abusive fathers; children born into abusive unions; dairymaids; dairy workers; fugitives; infants; Ireland; mariners; midwives; milk maids; nuns; poets; poor; poultry farmers; poultry raisers; printing presses; sailors; scholars; travellers; watermen
The (Optional) Memorial of St Brigid will be celebrated by Fr Brendan Purcell at the 1:10pm Mass only. The Mass will be livestreamed on the Cathedral’s YouTube Channel