Blessed be the animals
The Rev. Tomás Vazquez Tellez blesses a Boxer, Rhonda, and her owners Patrick Lyman and his daughter, Payton Lyman, 9, Thursday on the field outside of St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Kennewick for Feast Day for St. Frances of Assisi.
Blessing of the animals usually occurs on Feast Day to celebrate the life of St. Francis, the church’s patron saint of animals and the environment.