Free international animal blessing offered

Willie the Haflinger stallion is amid many animals who lead maintain previously been blessed for World Animal Day.

A church building inwards Republic of Austria is marker World Animal Day by offering its traditional animal approving on Oct seven to pets from to a greater extent than or less the world.

Austria’s Pfarre Linz – St. Peter church building has offered the international approving for several years, amongst pet together with animate beingness owners from to a greater extent than or less the globe sending inwards pictures to move included.

World Animal Day marks the commemoration of Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.

For many years pets living inside the boundaries of the Parish lead maintain been blessed during Holy Mass on the sun nearest World Animal Day.

All pets brought to the divine service past times their owners are individually blessed.

But a few years agone the parish started offering world-wide participation, next requests from animate beingness owners who were unable to brand the trip for diverse reasons.

“We volition post the pictures on a wall at our animate beingness approving together with the pictured pets volition move blessed every bit exercise of our ceremony,” said pastor Franz Zeiger.

“They volition lead maintain exercise inwards our animate beingness approving from afar every bit nosotros inquire for God’s approving on the intercession of St. Francis. A world-wide participation is thus possible!”

Participation is free.

Since the approving went world-wide, to a greater extent than than a thou pictures lead maintain been sent inwards each twelvemonth for the blessing.

Again this twelvemonth at that spot would move a department for pets who are no longer amongst us. The special department volition move entitled: “Thank you, picayune light!” – “For pets that lead maintain accompanied us for exercise of our path,” pastor Zeiger said. “There volition move infinite for pictures of pets that lead maintain died, together with that nosotros desire to lovingly think peculiarly on this day.”

Owners tin ship past times electronic mail a motion-picture demonstrate amongst the advert on it of their animate beingness – move it a dog, cat, horse, or whatsoever other pet – to the parish for the animate beingness blessing.

The traditional Animal Blessing takes identify at the church building at 9.30am on Sunday, Oct 7. Pictures received volition move posted on the church’s wall together with those animals volition likewise move blessed.

Pictures from the celebration volition move available on the church’s homepage, from most Oct 12.

 

Email pfarre.linz.stpeter@dioezese-linz.at to move exercise of the blessing.
Pfarre Linz – St. Peter dwelling menage page

 

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