Culture of Scotland to support Gaelic-speaking communities in both Scotland and Ireland and to promote links between them. Scotland retains its own national church, separate from that of England. See Church of Scotland and Religion in the United Kingdom. There is also a large minority of Roman Catholics, around 16% of the population. The patron saint of Scotland is Saint Andrew, and Saint Andrew's Day is celebrated in Scotland on 30 November. Saint (Queen) Margaret, Saint Columba and Saint Ninian have also historically enjoyed great popularity. As one of the Celtic nations, Scotland is represented at interceltic events at home and around the
Daughters of the Holy Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew Daughters of the Holy Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew The Daughters of the Holy Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew (French: "Filles de la Croix, Sœurs de Saint-André"; Latin: "Institutum Filiarum Crucis seu Sororum Sancti Andreae"), is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and follow the evangelical way of life in common. Their mission includes instruction and education of youth and care of the sick. This religious institute was founded in the castle of Molante, near Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, France, in 1807, by st. Andrew Fournet, with the help of st. Joan Elizabeth