BLESSED PETS CHURCH WELCOMES ANIMALS.Byline: Erik Nelson Staff Writer There's nothing wrong with spiders, even big furry ones, the parishioners of St. Mark's Episcopal church St. Mark's Episcopal Church may refer to one of hundreds of Episcopal churches throughout the United States, including:
In the book of Genesis Noun 1. Book of Genesis - the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers Genesis , they were told a name was given to cattle, sheep, birds ``and then to every insect and crawling creature of the field.'' It was fitting, then, that Charlie, a 2-year-old tarantula tarantula (tərăn`chələ), name applied chiefly to several species of the large, hairy spiders of the families Theraphosidae and Dipluridae of North and South America. The body of a tarantula may be as much as 3 in. (7. from Burbank, got sprinkled with holy water from a juniper frond. ``We have dogs, we have cats, we have a bearded dragon bearded dragon see amphibolurus barbatus. lizard, we have snakes,'' said Maria Gren, who brought her 6-year-old son, Nicholas, to get a blessing for the newest addition to the Gren menagerie. The church held its second annual blessing , which featured dozens of dogs and cats, in celebration of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. So why get your pet blessed? ``So he doesn't die?`` responded Nicholas, looking up at his mother. While the Chilean spider behaved well in his plastic tank, 3 1/2-year-old Caroline Hull's Guinea hen, Fred, from Studio City leaped inside his cage and banged loudly into his wire-meshed roof. Joan Axcell's brown-spotted Brittany spaniel, Freckles freckles Ephilides Brown macules, often exacerbated on sun-exposed zones of the skin surface, which disappear during the winter, and most commonly affecting the fair-skinned, especially of Celtic stock. See Macule. Cf Nevus. , also got a little testy tes·ty adj. tes·ti·er, tes·ti·est Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish: a testy cab driver; a testy refusal to help. . Freckles growled and snapped at Cadeau, Margerie Taylor's snow-white miniature poodle poodle, popular breed of dog probably originating in Germany but generally associated with France, where it has been raised for centuries. There are three varieties, differing in size only. from Van Nuys. ``You've been blessed, dog, you're not supposed to do that,'' said the Rev. Maurie Samuel. When it was all over, Rector Norman Hull, Caroline's father, announcedhow the furry congregants would make their exit. ``We will sing a recessional hymn, but there will not be a formal recession. It would just be too complicated.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Paula Hofsommer holds her dog, Audrei, for the Rev. Maurie Samuel's blessing. (2) A pet hedgehog awaits its turn Sunday at the Blessing of the Animals David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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