Sunday, October 5, at 12 noon at Emmanuel Church Labyrinth
— from Stewart Mehlman —
The public is invited to the Blessing of Pets and Animals…all children and adults are welcome to bring their special pet for a blessing by Emmanuel’s new minister, Berto Gandara.
St. Francis of Assisi, a 13th century Franciscan monk, believed that all creatures (whether human or nonhuman) belong to one family of creation.
Every year on the first Sunday in October, Christians around the world celebrate this saint with a short outdoor Blessing of the Animals ceremony.
Kevin E. Mackin, O.F.M., wrote ” Every creature is important. The love we give to a pet, and receive from a pet, can draw us more deeply into the larger circle of life, into the wonder of our common relationship to our Creator.”
