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You Are Invited!

BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS 2022

Date: Sunday, October 9         When: 4 PM

St. Francis of Assisi is especially associated with reverence for nature and a love of animals. Services of prayer and blessing for animals are often connected to his October 4 feast day, commemorating the life of St Francis, who was born in the 12th century.  St Francis died on October 4, 1226, and Pope Gregory IX pronounced him a Saint in 1228.

This special service is an opportunity to give thanks to God for the special animals in our lives and to ask for His blessing on them.

Get your pets ready for an outing where we will come together for a special Blessing of the Animals Service to give thanks to God for the creatures that bless our lives.

Plan to attend with your animal companions (appropriately restrained or crated, of course!). If they don’t play well with others bring their photographs.

We’ll meet in the parking lot behind the Parish House.

In case of inclement weather, ample space is available inside the Parish House Fellowship Hall.

Please join us on October 9!

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