Blessing of Animals

The feast of our patron Saint Francis of Assisi provided us the opportunity to gather together all kinds of animals for a special blessing ceremony. On October 5th all the school children gathered along with their parents and other parishioners behind the school. After Father Julian played "Prayer of St Francis" on the flute, the crowd sang two verses, and the prayer of blessing took place. Then Father Julian blessed each individual animal, which included a ferret, a few hamsters, a lizard, a few kittens and cats and plenty of dogs, who were extremely respectful when the prayer was being recited. Not one ruff ruff or hoof hoof was heard.