Lizards, and crabs, and dogs, oh my! Pets of all kinds received blessings Tuesday morning at St. John’s Episcopal School for their annual Blessing of the Animals event. Each year, the school invites ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - St. Anthony Church and McAnthony Window held a blessing of animals Saturday morning. The event honored St. Francis of Assisi’s Feast Day, which was Oct. 4, according to the ...

As they waited for the benediction, they scratched, barked and got tangled up in their leashes. A French bulldog, a labradoodle, a dachshund and a half-dozen other canines had come with their owners ...

St. Patrick Catholic School student Kai Brady, 7, checks out Andora Gardner’s American alligator during Friday afternoon's pet blessing at the school. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski NEWRY — It ...

St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church, 7555 Ooltewah-Georgetown Road in Ooltewah announces upcoming events: Community SING! and Blessing of the Animals. Community SING! will be held on Thursday, Sept ...

St. Francis in the Foothills United Methodist Church will celebrate the Festival of St. Francis of Assisi by holding a Blessing of the Animals at its 9 a.m. worship service Sunday. This will be the ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Monday marked the feast of St. Francis of Assisi who is the Patron Saint of Animals and the Environment. Churches in our area and across the globe invited parishioners to ...

When we think of capital-V Vice being conquered in an artwork, we tend to think of Saint Michael the Archangel spearing the dragon. We are less likely to imagine Saint Francis of Assisi, the ...