Pet Blessing

Growing in love celebrating St. Francis

Pet Blessing, Prayer, Saint Francis

Friars and guests celebrate the Transitus at the St. Anthony Shrine in Cincinnati. Photo by Fr. Frank Jasper, OFM Friars from throughout St. John the Baptist Province joyfully marked the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi on…

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St. Francis events and celebrations earlier this month

Pet Blessing, Prayer, Saint Francis

Fr. Jeremy Harrington, OFM, blesses a cute puppy in the courtyard of the Church of the Transfiguration in Southfield, Michigan. A full week of events Friars Mark Soehner and Murray Bodo at the Transitus service at…

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Pet Blessings at SPCA

Pet Blessing, Prayer, Saint Francis

‘May they find loving humans’ Every animal has a story. That’s what five friars learned October 6 when they volunteered for the province’s first-ever pet blessing at Cincinnati’s SPCA adoption center in Sharonville. Br. David Crank with…

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New member of Duns Scotus friary

Pet Blessing

Happy and safe Our founder, St Francis is the patron saint of animals.  The friars living in this friary love animals and wanted to adopt an animal from a local rescue shelter.   Say hello to Kody, the newest and…

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Pet blessings for the Feast of St. Francis

Events, Newsletter, Pet Blessing, Prayer, Saint Francis

Fr. David Moczulski, OFM, blesses stuffed animals at Sisters of Charity chapel. Love pours forth ~ “They’re real for the kids,” Fr. David Moczulski says of the dozens of stuffed animals he blessed this week…

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