Our Parish
Mass Schedule
Bulletins
Our Pastor
Contact Us
Home
History
Mary's Garden
Links
Parish Council
Sodality of Blessed Virgin
Faith Formation


Events
Father DeMasi's Obituary
Goodbye Father Jim
First Communion 2008
Stations of the Cross
Corpus Christi 2007
Mountain of Food
Outdoor Mass and Picnic
Fr. Demasi's 90th. Birthday
Blessing of the Animals
Rosary Celebration
Workshop with Fr. Sheehan

The Blessing of the Animals
in Remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi's
Love For All Creatures

St. Francis was an example of someone who
through devotion gained a knowledge of God.

"His love for and power over the lower animals
were noted and often referred to by those who knew him:
his rebuke to the swallows while he was preaching at Aviano,
"My sisters the swallows, it is now my turn to speak.
You have been talking enough all this time";
the birds that perched around him
while he told them to praise their Creator;
the rabbit that would not leave him at Lake Rasimene;
and the tamed wolf at Gubbio".

-One Hundred Saints (a compilation of Rev. Alban Butler's
Lives of the Saints and honored works of art.)

Dressed up dog happy dog
Some dogs dressed up for the occasion.  

another happy dog
golden

Father Jim Doherty
The Happy Parishoner
Father Jim Doherty
A happy parishoner

Bernese
Happy Parrot
 
There is a parrot receiving holy water
in this cage!

Cutness
Happy Howling Dog
 
Some dogs howled with joy.

More Cuteness Bull Dog
And some dogs were just too cute!
 

The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy;
O divine Master, grant that I may not so
much seek to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.”