Trinity Lime Rock holds an annual Blessing of the Animals on the Sunday
in October closest to the Feast of St. Francis and has done so for more than a
decade now. In 2009, we held our
blessing of the animals at the 10:30 AM Holy Eucharist on Sunday, October 4.
CLICK HERE to see a whole page
of photos from the 2009
blessing.
We were the first church in our area to conduct a blessing of our companion
animals and those of our visitors, and we're
still a little unusual in the way we conduct this. In keeping with the
life of St. Francis, we enthusiastically welcome the animals -- at least the ones that are small
enough to be easily managed -- right into the Holy Eucharist with us.
(Large animals, such as horses, are blessed in Trinity Field, however.)
Every year we wait for an animal to seriously misbehave. It's yet to happen.
Aside from an occasional bark or meow, we find that our animal friends seem to
feel welcome at Trinity.