SFMC hosts annual Blessing of the Pets posted Thursday, October 4th, 2012 @ 12:00 pm  E-mail Story |  Print Story  St. Francis Medical Center is celebrating the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi with the annual Blessing of the Pets. The blessing will be held from 3-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in Anna Gray Noe Park across from the main entrance of the hospital. The event is open to the public. Pet owners are asked that pets are leashed or secured for the protection of their pet and other pets at the park. St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, is the Patron saint of animals and the ecology. For the full story, subscribe to the The Ouachita Citizen's NEW E-Edition!