The inauguration celebration for The Animal Healing Project was a rousing success! It was well-attended and a good time was had by all. It was very lively, given the 35 animals--most very social dogs--in attendance so the healing prayer part, which was supposed to happen at the end, didn't really go as planned, but that's okay. It ended up being blessings given on the spot by the parish priest while I was unexpectedly photographed for a newspaper article, rather than quiet stations in the chapel. It was a good learning experience and I've already put to use some of the take-aways in considering how to move forward with planning the best way to make healing prayer available to animals in a public setting. I was grateful to be able to participate in Nativity's annual blessing service in this unique way and to give the message at the service. You can read the text of the sermon here.