London: Service to celebrate 1,500th anniversary of St Brigid

The Irish Chaplaincy will host a service of prayers and reflections at 11.50am on 1 February, to celebrate the 1500th anniversary of St Brigid, who is a patron saint of the Chaplaincy. The service is co-hosted with St Bride's Church and L'Arche Ireland.

In 2023 the Irish Government added her feast as a national holiday. Together with St Patrick and St Columcille, Brigid of Kildare is a Patron Saint of Ireland.

The service will be held at St Bride's Church, Fleet Street. Rector of St Bride's, Canon Alison Joyce, has been invited to preach at an ecumenical service will be held in St Brigid's Cathedral, Kildare on 1st February. Canon Joyce has worked with the Irish Chaplaincy in recent years, co-hosting the service in St Bride's. At noon a Global Pause for Peace will be held - a minutes silence . The global Pause for Peace movement was launched jointly by Solas Bhride Centre and Into Kildare - Kildare Tourism Board, in 2023.

Staff and volunteers of the Chaplaincy will choose and offer poems and reflections. Former Director of the Chaplaincy, Eddie Gilmour, now CEO of L'Arch Ireland, will lead the singing.

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Irish Chaplaincy: www.irishchaplaincy.org.uk/