Friday, February 3, 2012 6 PM–9 PM
Kindling the Flame: An Evening Pilgrimage Celebrating Saint Brigid
Join us for an engaging and contemplative evening that celebrates Brigid’s life and legend and inspires us to renew hope and growth in our own lives.
Brigid of Kildare was a famous abbess in Ireland and is one of Ireland’s “patron saints,” from whom we can learn much in today’s chaotic world. St. Brigid is celebrated throughout the Celtic world for her healing presence, warm hospitality, and wise counsel. She embodies an earlier mythology of the Celtic Goddess Brigid who blessed births, lambs, and harvests. Brigid’s feast day stands at the threshold of winter and spring, falling on the first day of spring in the Celtic calendar. As such, celebrating Brigid in our lives today offers the promise of renewal and new growth.
Tiffany Montavon, coordinator of the Center for Prayer and Pilgrimage, guides the evening with poetry, creative expression, guided reflection, song, and silence.
Program location: Cathedral College Common Room.
About Tiffany Montavon
Tiffany Montavon has been leading spiritual growth retreats, workshops, and contemplative walks in nature for more than 12 years, and recently has worked at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, Faith at Work/Lumunos, and Wesley Seminary. Her organization, Soul Seasons, helps people learn to create rituals and routines to sustain their spiritual journey in this fast-paced world we live in.