Get your animals all gussied up in their Sunday best and take them to The Immaculate Conception Cathedral on Oct. 3 for the annual blessing of the pets.

Here’s some background information on the celebration from a press release:

St. Francis is the patron saint for the protection of animals. He was a lover of all creation and a champion of justice. Each day, our pets bless us with unconditional love, devotion, and joy. Every year on his feast day (the day of his death in 1226,) many people of faith around the world host services where animals are blessed.

The ceremony begins at 2 p.m. and the blessings are scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m.

For more information, click here.

Photo courtesy Flickr user ajari.

Information provided by Simon Malls

Grab the girls for a day of fashion, pampering, sampling and interactive demonstrations plus a fashion show packed with fall’s hottest trends.  Models will feature looks from Dillard’s and Lane Bryant.  Guests will also enjoy hand massages from Aveda, hair styling tips from Goulds, shoe fittings from Lady Footlocker, samplings from Chick-Fil-A and Coca-Cola, make-up consultations from Dillard’s, style stops from Nine West, bra fittings from Victoria’s Secret and much more!

Dress for Success will also be collecting gently used work attire during the event. 

If you’re interested in quilting, here’s an event that’s right up your alley.

Here’s the release:

The Village Quilting Group met in January 2010 for the first time under the tutelage of master quilter Sandra Taylor. Quilting Group members Ibtisam Salih, Eva Cotton and Margarette Louiseau had never sewn or quilted before but have since produced lovely wall hangings. In May, Ms. Taylor led a children’s workshop where neighborhood children painted their original designs on squares of fabric. New quilter, Ibtisam Salih, assembled and stitched the squares together and quilted them.

The children’s quilt, along with quilting works from the Village Quilting Group will be on exhibit at the Caritas Village through the month of September. Three quilts are on loan from Onie Johns, Caritas Village Director. The Shelby County Links quilt is on loan from quilter and Link, Debra Davis Higgins.