No Blessing This Year

October 4 is the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi. In a tradition that has gone on for as long as I can remember, Christ Church Episcopal has a Blessing of the Animals on the Saturday nearest the saint's day. This year, it would have been this coming Saturday, October 7. 

The Blessing of the Animals 2008 

Sadly, the Blessing of the Animals at Christ Church will not be happening this year. Two funerals for church parishioners, taking place on Saturday, have made it necessary to cancel the church's annual Blessing of the Animals this year.