My friend Sharon Perkins took these great shots of her parish's Blessing of the Animals. Since she posted these on Facebook I don't think she'd mind of I share them here:
Confession is good for the soul. I mistakenly wrote down the wrong time for my parish's animal blessing. But my pastor said he'd do a special blessing for Haze the Dog at a later date.
Your humble blogger is Mike Hayes, a well-known expert in the world of young adult ministry (20s and 30s) in the Catholic Church. Mike is the author of Googling God (Paulist, 2007) where he explores both the chaotic world that young people live in and their religious reactions to that world. He also explores the age of instant gratification and how churches can respond to the needs of the young adult age by using technology alongside more traditional ministry methods.
Mike founded the award winning BustedHalo.com® in 2001 and continues to contribute to it as the editor of their catechetical section appropriately named Googling God.
Recently, he left BustedHalo® to focus on more direct ministry with young people at St Joseph University Parish as a Campus Minister for the South Campus at the University at Buffalo.
He has only two loves: his adorable wife, Marion and a nine pound chihuahua named Haze, who still find him amusing enough to let them live in their home.
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Haze is very blessed already, but who can't use more of that.
Gracie the dog and BooBoo the cat went to two animal blessings; one at my worship parish and one at my work parish. Both very nice.
And speaking of blessings - many to you and Marion in this time of change!!
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