PAUSE FOR PEACE on St. Brigid's Day

Into Kildare, the Tourism Board for County Kildare and Solas Bhríde Spirituality Centre & Hermitages have jointly launched a global ‘Pause for Peace’ movement. Pause for Peace will see the residents of County Kildare calling on people all around the world to stop for a minute’s silence at 12.00 noon on St. Brigid’s day.  

This movement for a Pause for Peace sets the scene for marking the new national holiday in Ireland in honour of St. Brigid on February 6th. It reflects a spiritual underpinning to the holiday and is consonant with the value of peace which Brigid stood for in her time.”   “By pausing for peace, we send out a message that we actively oppose warfare and the proliferation of arms, which wreak havoc on human beings as well as on the natural world. This movement aims to awaken and build a spirit of global solidarity in our search for peace.

It would be a fitting tribute to St.  Brigid and to all our ancestors if it were marked with a Pause for Peace on her feast-day, February 1st each year.   In St. Farnan's, as the mocks are ongoing currently, we observed a minute of peace at 11am!