• For the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, many parishes held pet blessings. More than just cats and dogs, all kinds of pets were blessed, including mice, pigs, and more. Please keep our pets and our archdiocese in your prayers!

      Courtesy to Kathryn Dunagan for the pictures from Fr. James Wallace’s pet blessing at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Soldotna. Courtesy to Our Lady of the Angels parish and Phyllis Halstead for the pictures from Fr. Robert Whitney’s pet blessing in Kenai. Courtesy to Laurie Phillips for the pictures of Fr. Balaraju Yandava’s pet blessing at St. Joseph parish in Cordova.