St. Bridget

 Our St. Bridget of Sweden class began with a quick reading of St. Bridget's biography, pictures of the Bridgettine Order that St. Bridget founded.  The Bridgettine Order wear a distinctive religious habit symbolizing the five wounds of Christ. 

Next the girls each received a 5 x 7 artist canvas with a Narcissus flower already outlined in pencil.  The girls then got to use watercolors to paint the area around their flower or in the middle of the flower. The color for the St. Bridget petal is light orange but the flower is the Narcissus which is white.  The color white is often associated with St. Bridget because of her purity of heart. 

The virtue for St. Bridget is truthfulness.  We ended our night practicing our bible verse: Sirach 6:5, "A kind mouth multiples friends, and gracious lips prompt friendly greetings."

Thank you to Evie and her mom for providing us with a special craft to keep in remembrance of St. Bridget and truthfulness.