St Margaret's Anglican Church invites you to bring your pet (or a photo of your pet) to a Blessing Of The Animals on Sunday 13 October at 3pm. Light refreshments will be served, and proceeds from voluntary donations will go to animal care organisations on the Island.

World Animal Day was started in 1931 at a convention of ecologists in Florence as a way of highlighting the plight of endangered species. Since then it has grown to encompass all kinds of animal life and is widely celebrated in countries throughout the world. October 4 was chosen as World Animal Day as it is the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, the Patron Saint of animals.