{"id":84419,"date":"2014-10-02T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T21:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=84419"},"modified":"2019-03-07T15:37:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T23:37:07","slug":"blessing-of-the-animals-at-holy-rosary-in-tacoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/blessing-of-the-animals-at-holy-rosary-in-tacoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessing of the Animals at Holy Rosary in Tacoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_84420\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/blessing-of-the-animals-at-holy-rosary-in-tacoma\/cow\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84420\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84420\" data-attachment-id=\"84420\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/blessing-of-the-animals-at-holy-rosary-in-tacoma\/cow\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cow.jpg?fit=399%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"399,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cow\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Laud\u00e1MOOs te&amp;#8230;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cow.jpg?fit=399%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cow.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" alt=\"Laud\u00e1MOOs te...\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-84420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cow.jpg?resize=240%2C180&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cow.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cow.jpg?w=399&amp;ssl=1 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-84420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laud\u00e1MOOs te&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"drop\">My parish of Holy Rosary will hold a Blessing of the Animals on Saturday, October 4 from 10:00 to 11:00 AM in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">H<\/span>oly Rosary is located just north of I-5 overlooking downtown Tacoma, at 424 South 30th Street. You can&#8217;t miss it.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is invited to bring their animals, as Holy Rosary Catholic Church Pastor Rev. Jacob Maurer will offer a special blessing for each animal and the family who brings the pet. In past years, some unusual animals have been blessed, including horses and cows.<\/p>\n<p>Please be sure to have some method of keeping your animal(s) under control. Leash those dogs!<\/p>\n<p>The tradition of blessing animals is conducted in remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi\u2019s love for all creatures and is customarily celebrated on St. Francis\u2019 Feast Day of October 4.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information about the church is available on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holyrosarytacoma.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My parish of Holy Rosary will hold a Blessing of the Animals on Saturday, October 4 from 10:00 to 11:00 AM in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Holy Rosary is located just north of I-5 overlooking downtown Tacoma, at 424 South 30th Street. You can&#8217;t miss it. Everyone is invited to bring their animals, as Holy [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24,10,90,19,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-fun","category-holy-rosary-parish-tacoma","category-pray","category-saint"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-lXB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":85899,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/notes-on-the-transitions-number-12-in-a-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":84419,"position":0},"title":"Notes on the Transitions, Number 12 in a Series","author":"Thom","date":"04 October 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"As we head into October, the new pastors are in their places and the parishes are settling down into their new schedules. 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