Local churches plan animal blessings on October 4

New Community Church (1100 Middle Ave.), Trinity Church (330 Ravenswood Ave.) and St. Bede’s Church (2650 Sand Hill Dr.) in Menlo Park will be blessing animals this Sunday, October 4 tied to the feast of St. Francis — and the wider community is invited to bring their pets — leashed or caged, as appropriate.

Get more information about NCC’s event here.

And information about Trinity’s here.

Contact St. Bede’s (2650 Sand Hill Dr.) for more information.

Other parishes may also be holding animal blessings; check your neighborhood church.

Top photo courtesy of Katharine Sherwin/New Community Church; second photo shows the The Rev. Frannie Hall Kieschnick blessing dog Maggie in 2022 by Linda Hubbard