The Animal's Blessing
Silly me forgot to take the camera, but the guys kept us so busy trying to sniff every dog in the crowd that even if I wanted, I could not have been able to take any pic  . Lennon and Sofa were very puzzled about the sheep, they didn't really know what to make of it and Sofa kept on barking at it. The priest said a prayer and reminded us about how we need to care for our pets and make them an important part of our families, then he went on to spray holy water on each critter, and then they hand you a certificate to show that your pet participated on the ceremony... It was a fun day. |
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| Hi,
Thanks for posting this. I have only seen this on tv and it's wonderful to hear first hand what goes on . Really wish I could have been there! There's a saying that says you can always tell how civilized a society is by the treatment of their animals. :O) Marianne |
I've never heard of that before! How sweet! It sounds like a lot of fun.  |
| This is a great event! We have a local "Blessing of the Animals" in October at the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.
Here's a link to find a schedule of blessings (you can look it up by State)... www.americancatholic.org/Features/francis/us.asp I wasn't able to make it this past October (the blessing was in the morning and I had a schedule conflict) but the previous year I brought Brittney and she was blessed by the Priest (among several other animals - including some dogs that had just been operated on, ill animals, young animals, goats, rabbits, etc.). Of course, I cried! 
Our town does the blessing during their Annual Animal Fair. They have booths setup from shelters and/or rescue programs, people selling great animal products, grooming demos, portraits, etc. It's alot of fun! -Kristen |
| It's exactly the same festivity Kristen, the blessing of the animals on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.... I wonder why we don't have it on the same day?
It was a lot of fun, even if the dogs keep your hands full trying to sniff every single dog and cat there is, I'm looking forward to doing it again. |
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