Blessing of the Pets 2025

Bring your pets and join us on Sunday, October 5 by the fountain to celebrate God’s gift of animals! Please bring a cage or a leash in case our friends get a little too excited.

Francis of Assisi, an Italian Roman Catholic friar, whose feast day is October 4th, loved all God’s creatures, great and small. In remembrance of how he cared for God’s creation, each year churches will hold a special ceremony called the Blessing of the Pets.

At Kinsmen, we’ve hosted a gathering of dogs, cats, iguanas, rabbits, hamsters and everything in between. It’s a fun afternoon where we get to show off and bless our feathery, fury, and scaly friends.