Blessing of the Animals

Trinity Lime Rock holds a Blessing of the Animals on the Sunday in October closest to the Feast of St. Francis. 

We're a little unusual in the way we conduct this.  In keeping with the life of St. Francis, we 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.)

We've been astonished every year that we've done it at how the animals seem to understand how to behave. 

Here is a video of the 2007 Blessing:

Below are some photos of the most recent Blessing of the Animals at Trinity Lime Rock (2007) -- but you can see Blessings from previous years:

Just go to the page called 2001 Blessing of the Animals and take the links from there for pictures between then and now.

Alto with dog	An eager pet	We're here!	Hounds
Vicar and bass -- and dog	Calmer now...	More arrivals	Taking the dogs into church
A scene in the parking lot	Getting acquainted	At coffee hour	It's over!