- Date
- 2010-11
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- religioncommunityfamilywildlife
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Father Pat Cawley blessed a dozen dogs at Holy Cross Church in a November 2010 ceremony described by the Beacon as a community celebration of Islanders’ pets.
Evidence limits
The article does not provide a complete owner or animal roster or a precise ceremony date.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, November 2010, "Blessing of the Pets."Reports a dozen dogs attending Father Pat Cawley’s blessing at Holy Cross Church during a blustery, rainy day. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the ceremony report and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Holy Cross Church holds a Beaver Island blessing of the pets, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-holy-cross-blessing-of-pets-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2010, "Blessing of the Pets." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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