Feast of St Brigid – 1st Feb

St. Brigid, ” Mary of the Gael”, abbess and patroness of Ireland, and founder of the first Irish monastery in Kildare, was born near Dundalk in 450 A.D. Feast day 1st Feb To find out more about the Secondary Patron of Ireland have a look at this short...

The feast of Don Bosco

We celebrate the Feast of St. John Bosco (Jan. 31st), founder of the Salesian Order, committed to education. In 1845 Don John Bosco, an Italian priest opened a night school for boys in Valdocco. In the following years, he opened several more schools, and in 1857 drew...