Pet blessings are happening around the world on or near October 4, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

For anyone interested, you could contact your local parish and ask if they are doing a pet blessing. Ours is on September 28 and they do such a wonderful job. There is an outdoor mass with an animal prayer said. All pets are blessed with holy water individually, and by name. I take all three of my furbabies every year (they need all the blessings they can get).

We do this at DS's school. For the 1st grade service project we are collecting dry bags of cat & dog food in conjunction with this. Oours are being donated to Meals on Wheel, but anyone could do it & donate to a rescue.

Our parish's pet blessings are on Ocotber 5th. It really is a wonderful Mass and a comfort to me as a pet owner. The furbabies love the social aspect of the whole experience as well.