Bunny Blessing | The Feast Day of St. Francis, the patron saint of all animals and nature is October 4. In celebration, there was a blessing of the animals at St John's Episcopal Church in Randolph, Sunday. Here, Rev. Beth Hilgartner blesses "Zorro," the pet rabbit of Mary Joyce (far right) and held by Aaron Pape, both enrolled in the Vet Tech program at VTC.