Today, October 4, is the feast day of Francis of Assisi. This past weekend, many churches celebrated the season by inviting animals to their regular services or holding special animal blessings at church or in the community.
This small selection of picture posts from Sunday comes from the Facebook feeds of: St Bart’s NYC; St Paul’s Episcopal Church, Fayetteville, AR; St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Silicon Valley, CA; Prince of Peace a Episcopal Church, Dallas, PA; St Alban’s Episcopal Church, Waco, TX; Grace Episcopal Church, Newton, MA; Christ Church, Shaker Heights, OH; Jon White, Rector of St Stephen’s, Beckley, WV and Managing Editor at the Episcopal Cafe; Church of the Epiphany, Euclid, OH; and Christ Church, Middletown, NJ.