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Event Series Event Series: St. Brigid’s Feast Day Celebration

UICC St. Brigid Feast Day Celebration

February 1, 2023 - February 7, 2023

St. Brigid Feast Day Celebration 2023

The UICC has teamed up with the Office of the Consul General of Ireland in San Francisco, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Cooley-Keegan Branch of San Francisco, Irish Marvels, the Patrick J. Dowling Library, and a team of volunteers to organize a weeklong celebration of St. Brigid so that we may all join together in heralding the spring through a variety of ways.

For centuries, Saint Brigid’s Day—Lá Fhéile Bríde—has long been associated with the pre-Christian pagan festival Imbolc, representing nature shaking off its winter slumber, the beginning of Spring, and the birth of baby lambs. Beginning in 2023, Ireland will recognize February 1 as a new National Bank Holiday.

Wednesday, February 1
St. Brigid’s Day Panel: Women Blazing a Trail
5:30 – 8:00 pm
Ireland House, One Post Street; Suite 2300
REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/st-brigids-day-panel-women-blazing-a-trail-tickets-505237869067

Thursday, February 2
Pause for Peace
12 pm- 12:05 pm
From anywhere

Friday, February 3
A Garden of Intentions
At home

Tommy and Saundra O’Sullivan Trad Night
Doors at 6:30; 7-9 pm
UICC
REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tommy-and-saundra-osullivan-trad-night-tickets-516298180757

Saturday, February 4
Cross Weaving Workshop and Meditation
3 pm
St. Francis Room
$10 in advance/$15 at the door
REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cross-weaving-workshop-st-brigids-feast-day-celebration-tickets-514528898787

Sunday, February 5
Meditative Walk
11 am
Meet at the McLaren Labyrinth, 100 John F Shelley Dr, San Francisco

St. Brigid Céilí with Comhaltas
6:30 pm
United Irish Cultural Center, St. Patrick’s Room
$15 members; $20 non members
Held in the St. Patrick’s Room at the UICC with live music, join our own Cooley Keegan Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann for a lively Céilí.

Monday, February 6
Spring Cleaning Exercise
Take some time to deep clean your house and purge what is not needed in an effort to make room for the new.

Tuesday, February 7
“Share the Light” Candle Lighting Contest
1) tag a friend with whom you are “sharing the light”; and 2) use hashtag #UICC4StBrigid. All photos posted on 2/7/23 between 6 am (PST) and 8 pm (PST) meeting these criteria will be entered into a drawing to win the featured artwork. Let’s flood social media with the light of peace.

Brigid
(author unknown)
You were a woman of peace.
You brought harmony where there was conflict.
You brought light to the darkness. You brought hope to the downcast.
May the mantle of your peace cover those who are troubled and anxious, and may peace be firmly rooted in our hearts and in our world.
Inspire us to act justly and to reverence all God has made.
Brigid you were a voice for the wounded and the weary.
Strengthen what is weak within us. Calm us into a quietness that heals and listens.
May we grow each day into greater wholeness in mind, body and spirit.
Amen.

 

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February 1, 2023
End:
February 7, 2023
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United Irish Cultural Center
2700 45th Avenue
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94116 United States
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(415) 661-2700
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