Aspinwall Presbyterian Church schedules pet blesssing

Aspinwall Presbyterian Church will conduct a blessing of pets at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 22 on the Third Street side of the church grounds.

The church is located at 299 Center Avenue in Aspinwall.

Though pet blessings traditionally occur in October in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, whose feast day is Oct. 4, the timing didn’t fit well into the church’s calendar, said the Rev. Scott Hill, pastor.

Past pet blessings at Aspinwall Presbyterian have seen quite an array of animals, he said.

“We have in recent years had horses and a prehensile-tailed skink,” which is a lizard-like animal, he said.

Pets should be on a leash, in a container or held, he said.