# Blessing of the Animals yeah or Na? **URL:** \ **Category:** Spirituality\ **Created:** [October 5, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/blessing-of-the-animals-yeah-or-na/4283 "2026-10-05T18:22:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Susanne.Lee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/susanne.lee/32/1580_2.png) [@Susanne.Lee](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Susanne.Lee)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/blessing-of-the-animals-yeah-or-na/4283/1 "2026-10-05T18:22:28Z")
What are your thoughts ? Does your parish do this blessing on Saint Francis’ feast day? > **[In Photos: Churches celebrate St. Francis of Assisi with blessing of the animals](https://wamu.org/story/26/10/05/in-photos-churches-celebrate-st-francis-of-assisi-with-blessing-of-the-animals/)** > > Some Christian worshippers mark the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment, by taking their pets to church where they are blessed. ---
**Author:** ![DCM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DCM](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/DCM)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/blessing-of-the-animals-yeah-or-na/4283/2 "2026-10-05T18:33:30Z")
Yes. I took mine a couple of years ago. It was good for him and I enjoyed socializing ---
**Author:** ![Pax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Pax](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Pax)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/blessing-of-the-animals-yeah-or-na/4283/3 "2026-10-05T22:22:19Z")
I get the connection with St. Francis. Is that the only connection for blessing animals? In other words, if St. Francis wasn’t associated with animals at all and no other Saint was, would there still conceivably be a blessing of the animals? If so, wouldn’t other living things also be blessing-worthy, like plants, etc?