submitted by dames@augsburg.edu
We will offer a blessing of the animals in Hoversten Chapel on October 2 at 11:50 am. You are invited to bring your pet or emotional support or service animal to chapel that day or send a photo of your pet by September 29 to Janice Dames at dames@augsburg.edu to be included in the slideshow. On this day, animal life in all its forms is celebrated. October 4 was originally chosen for the blessing of the animals because it is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, a nature lover and patron saint of animals and the environment.