Duke University Chapel is hosting a Blessing of the Animals worship service on Sunday, October 4, 2026, from 3 to 3:30 p.m. It takes place outdoors on the Duke Chapel Quad, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, North Carolina.
Dogs, cats, and other animals will join ministers and the Durham Children’s Choir for this Blessing of the Animals worship service on the Duke Chapel Quad. Pet owners are welcome to bring their animals to receive a blessing as part of the service.
The service will last about thirty minutes and includes music from the Durham Children’s Choir, scripture readings, and a sermon. Individual animal blessings will take place immediately after the service.
Those bringing pets are responsible for their animals and are asked to bring only pets that will be safe around children and other animals.
The Blessing of the Animals service is inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, a thirteenth-century Italian friar who lived a life of voluntary poverty and is known for his love of animals. He believed the natural world could give glory to God, writing in his song Canticle of the Sun, “Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures.”
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