Also remember: at many PNCC Parishes, today is the blessing of flowers, vegetables, and herbs. For instance, at my Parish, Holy Name of Jesus in Schenectady at 9:30am and at St. Mary’s Polish National Catholic Church which will have a blessing of the harvest in honor of the Dormition-Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary today before the 8:30 and 11 a.m. Masses at the church, 200 Stephenson St., Duryea, PA. Check with a PNCC Parish near you.

You are invited and encouraged to bring an item from your garden (vegetables, flowers, and herbs) to be blessed as a way of giving thanks to God for the bounty of the Earth.