Hawthorne parish pet blessing features hedgehog and two tortoises #Catholic - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/PetBlessing_1410-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/PetBlessing_1410-150x150.jpg 150w, https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/PetBlessing_1410-480x480.jpg 480w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /><p><strong>St. Anthony Parish</strong> in Hawthorne, N.J., hosted a pet blessing on Oct. 4 in its Jubilee Garden.</p>
<p>Father Stephen T. Prisk, pastor of St. Anthony’s and vice-chancellor of the Paterson Diocese, N.J., and Father Brendon J. Harfmann, the parish’s parochial vicar, blessed a colorful spectrum of pets, including dogs, cats, a hedgehog, and two tortoises.</p>
<p>The event attracted a wide array of people, including Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, who serve the parish and school.</p>
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<hr> - <img width="150" height="150" src="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/PetBlessing_1410-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/PetBlessing_1410-150x150.jpg 150w, https://beaconnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/PetBlessing_1410-480x480.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" />St. Anthony Parish in Hawthorne, N.J., hosted a pet blessing on Oct. 4 in its Jubilee Garden. Father Stephen T. Prisk, pastor of St. Anthony’s and vice-chancellor of the Paterson Diocese, N.J., and Father Brendon J. Harfmann, the parish’s parochial vicar, blessed a colorful spectrum of pets, including dogs, cats, a hedgehog, and two tortoises. The event attracted a wide array of people, including Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, who serve the parish and school. BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI Click here to subscribe to our weekly newsletter.
St. Anthony Parish in Hawthorne, N.J., hosted a pet blessing on Oct. 4 in its Jubilee Garden.
Father Stephen T. Prisk, pastor of St. Anthony’s and vice-chancellor of the Paterson Diocese, N.J., and Father Brendon J. Harfmann, the parish’s parochial vicar, blessed a colorful spectrum of pets, including dogs, cats, a hedgehog, and two tortoises.
The event attracted a wide array of people, including Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, who serve the parish and school.
BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI
Hawthorne parish pet blessing features hedgehog and two tortoises #Catholic –
St. Anthony Parish in Hawthorne, N.J., hosted a pet blessing on Oct. 4 in its Jubilee Garden.
Father Stephen T. Prisk, pastor of St. Anthony’s and vice-chancellor of the Paterson Diocese, N.J., and Father Brendon J. Harfmann, the parish’s parochial vicar, blessed a colorful spectrum of pets, including dogs, cats, a hedgehog, and two tortoises.
The event attracted a wide array of people, including Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, who serve the parish and school.
BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI
![Hawthorne parish pet blessing features hedgehog and two tortoises #Catholic – St. Anthony Parish in Hawthorne, N.J., hosted a pet blessing on Oct. 4 in its Jubilee Garden.
Father Stephen T. Prisk, pastor of St. Anthony’s and vice-chancellor of the Paterson Diocese, N.J., and Father Brendon J. Harfmann, the parish’s parochial vicar, blessed a colorful spectrum of pets, including dogs, cats, a hedgehog, and two tortoises.
The event attracted a wide array of people, including Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, who serve the parish and school.
BEACON PHOTOS | JOE GIGLI
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Father Stephen T. Prisk, pastor of St. Anthony’s and vice-chancellor of the Paterson Diocese, N.J., and Father Brendon J. Harfmann, the parish’s parochial vicar, blessed a colorful spectrum of pets, including dogs, cats, a hedgehog, and two tortoises.
The event attracted a wide array of people, including Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, who serve the parish and school.
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