Special Church Services

The Episcopal Church gives us our freedom to celebrate holy days that are especially important to the Saint Mary’s family. Right now, we have a couple of favorite days or feasts that we have special events for or somehow mark as a special day.

The Blessing of Animals is an outdoor worship service held each year on the Sunday in October closest to the Feast Day of St. Francis. All people who love animals, along with all pets and their human friends, are invited to this service, which focuses on God’s gifts of animals, the natural world, and our responsibilities as stewards of God’s creation.

Our service is held on the grounds of our neighbors, The Canterbury Village Shops. It’s organized chaos as hampsters, dogs, cats, mice, ponies, and their people all receive God’s blessing.