{"id":18823,"date":"2014-09-23T17:50:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T00:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=18823"},"modified":"2014-09-23T17:51:31","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T00:51:31","slug":"join-ascension-for-feast-of-st-francis-blessing-of-the-animals-on-oct-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=18823","title":{"rendered":"Join Church of the Ascension For Feast of St. Francis Blessing of the Animals on Oct. 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/ascension2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4662\" title=\"ascension\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/ascension2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/ascension2.jpg 172w, http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/ascension2-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><\/a>Press Release posted 9\/23\/14<\/em> &#8211; Sierra Madre\u2019s Village Church (Episcopal Church of the Ascension) will be holding its annual \u201cBlessing of the Animals\u201d ceremony on Sunday, October 12, 2014 at 11:45 am in the Outdoor Worship Area. Everyone is welcome.\u00a0 Refreshments and pet treats will be provided.<\/p>\n<p>Blessing of the Animals is conducted in commemoration of the October Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis, arguably the most beloved of the named Saints, was particularly fond of animals of all breeds. The community is invited to bring your animals, no matter how big or small, breed or religion. Some animals may require a leash or a container, so keep that in mind. All of God\u2019s creatures are welcome! Free pet sitting available during the 10:15 am Mass.<\/p>\n<p>Church of the Ascension is located at 25 East Laurel on the corner of Baldwin and Laurel in Sierra Madre.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">This event makes for a wonderful family outing to meet new neighbors and check out a wonderful community church. For more information, please call (626) 355-1133 or visit: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ascension-sierramadre.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.ascension-sierramadre.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release posted 9\/23\/14 &#8211; Sierra Madre\u2019s Village Church (Episcopal Church of the Ascension) will be holding its annual \u201cBlessing of the Animals\u201d ceremony on Sunday, October 12, 2014 at 11:45 am in the Outdoor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[117,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18823"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}