Father Robert Barnell, pastor of St. Bartholomew Church, 2042 Buechel Bank Road, marked the feast of its patron with a bilingual, English and Spanish, Mass Aug. 24.
Following the Mass, parishioners gathered for brunch where pancakes and quesadillas were served.
Parishioners decorated the church with flowers and greenery, including a potted artificial fig tree. The saint is associated with fig trees because in the Gospel of John Jesus tells Bartholomew — referred to as Nathanael — that he saw him sitting under a fig tree.
St. Bartholomew’s feast day is observed Aug. 24.
