BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS

Sunday 17th of January 2011 is the "day of San Antón Abad" who is the Patron Saint of Of the animals.

In San Javier at the Church Parroquia San Francisco Javier there will be a mass at midday followed by a blessing of animals and then again at 19.30. The evening blessing will be followed by a procession.

When I was travelling in Mexico I stumbled across this happening at a church in Oaxaca and there were crowds of people with their pets, taking them up one by one to the Priest who blessed each animal one by one:

Above is the picture I took with the Priest blessing a budgie in a cage :)

The church in San Javier is in the main square, you can park in the underground parking next to Bastida furniture shop, or in the Big carpark next to Iceland.