Blessing of Animals at St. Kilian’s

Last updated on: October 4, 2013 at 3:59 pm by Fr. Michael F. Duffy

Blessing of Animals at St. Kilian’s 2013-10-04T15:59:12-06:00 Fr. Michael F. Duffy

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Today is a favorite feast day of mine. I took Francis as my confirmation name back in 2001 and have always had a special devotion. I was thrilled to be able to bless the animals at my parish this afternoon.

We had a great turn out, almost double of last year. We saw birds, some cats and many dogs.

After saying a Hail Mary for Pope Francis on his name day I said the blessing and then sprinkled all the animals with holy water.

Here I am with two of my youngest parishioners. Dominick and Anthony.

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