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Box 69 470 Turnberry Street Brussels, ON NOG 1HO (519) 887-6100 Fax: (519) 887-6109 e-mail: sholdice@wcl.on.ca D & J CONSTRUCTION • General Carpentry • Rooting • New Buildings & Renovations ELLIOTT NIXON INSURANCE BROKERS INC. 4 Generations BLYTH, ON R. John Elliott Res. (519) 523-4323 Since 1910 NOM 1H0 J. Richard Elliott Res. (519) 523-9725 519-523-4481 Randy Nixon Res. (519) 523-4989 MEMBER OF HURON INSURANCE MANAGERS GROUP PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2002. Anglican churches celebrate Feast of St. Francis On Sunday, Oct. 20 at 9:30 a.m. in Trinity Anglican Church, Blyth, and at 11:15 a.m. in St. John's Anglican Church, Brussels, the Blessing of the Animals will take place to help celebrate the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi with a prayer service. All members of both com- munities. Anglican or from other denominations, are invited to bring their pets and companion animals to have them blessed at this service celebrating their contribution to human life. This year especially children are invited to .bring their favourite stuffed animals, to be blessed. In other congregations past Animal Blessings have included goldfish. hamsters, gerbils, lizards, snakes, rabbits, dogs, cats, cattle, horses and llamas. The Christian church commemo- rates St. Francis of Assisi, because of his special relationship with the- wild and domesticated animals who NANCY EMILY ELIZABETH MARKS Mrs. Nancy Marks of Brussels passed away at Wingham and District Hospital on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2002. She was 58. The former Nancy Taylor was the wife of Stanley Marks of RR4, Brussels, She was the dear mother of Cathy Marks and fiancé Jean Martin of Cambridge and Steven and Wendy Marks of Windsor. She was the grandmother of Tiffany, Sarah and Allitta. Mrs. Marks is also survived by her sister Patricia and Gus Hunt of Kitchener. related to him during his ministry. Francis of Assisi enjoyed a very rich easy life. From the beginning everyone loved Francis. As he grew up, he became the leader of a crowd of young people who spent their nights in wild parties. Thomas of Celano, his biographer, who knew him well, said, "In other respects an exquisite youth, he attracted to himself a whole retinue of young people addicted to evil and accustomed to vice." Francis himself said, "I lived in sin" during that time. Francis's conversion towards working for God did not happen overnight. God had waited for him for 25 years and as Francis changed- his life, it was now his turn to wait. Francis started to spend more time in prayer. He went off to a cave and wept for his sins. Sometimes God's grace overwhelmed him with joy. But life couldn't just stop for God. There was a business to run, cus- Mrs. Marks was predeceased by her parents Lloyd and Delight (Reid) Taylor and by two infant children. Visitation was at McBurney Funeral Home, Wingham on Friday, from 12:30 p.m. until the time of the memorial service at 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Marilyn Robertson officiated. Cremation with placement of ashes will be later in Wingham Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Multiple Sclerosis Society would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy. tomers to wait on. One day while riding through the countryside, Francis came face to face with a leper. Repelled by the appearance and the smell of the leper, Francis nevertheless jumped down from his horse and kissed the hand of the leper. When his kiss of peace was returned, Francis was filled with joy. As he rode off, he turned around for a last wave, and saw that the leper had disappeared. He always looked upon it as a test from God, that he had passed. His search for conversion led him to the ancient church at San Damiano, in northern Italy. While he was praying there, he heard Christ speak to him, "Francis, repair my church." Francis assumed this meant church with a small c — the crumbling building he was in. Francis' even took money that was not his to help repair this church. When his theft was discovered, he was taken before the bishop for judgement. The bishop was very kind to Francis; he told him to return the money and said God would pro- vide. That was all Francis needed to hear. He not only gave back the money but stripped off all his clothes until he was wearing only a hair shirt. Wearing nothing but cast- off rags, he went off into the freez- ing woods — singing. And when robbers beat him later and took even his rags, he climbed out of the ditch and went off singing again. From then on Francis had nothing ... and everything. Francis went back to what he con- sidered God's call. He begged for stones and rebuilt the San Damiano church with his own hands, not realizing that it was the church with a capital C that God wanted repaired. Scandal and avarice were working on the established Church from the inside and out. Soon Francis started to preach. (He was never a priest, though he was later ordained a deacon under protest.) Francis was not a reformer; he preached about return- ing to God and obedience to the Church. Slowly companions came to Francis, people who wanted to fol- low his life of sleeping in the open, begging for garbage to eat ... and roving God. With companions, Francis knew he now had to have some kind of direction to this life so he opened the Bible in three places. He read the command to the rich young man to sell all his goods and give to the poor, the order to the apostles to take nothing on their journey, and the demand to take up the cross daily. "Here is our rule," Francis said — as simple, and as seemingly impos- sible, as that. He was going to do what no one thought possible any- more — live by the Gospel. Francis never wanted to found a religious order. He thought of what he was doing as expressing God's brotherhood. Francis brotherhood included all of God's creation. The sparrow was as much his brother. as the pope. In one famous story, Francis preached to hundreds of birds about being thankful to God for their wonderful clothes, for their inde- pendence, and for God's care. The story tells that the birds stood still as he walked among him, only fly- ing off when he said they could leave. Another famous story involves a wolf that had been eating human beings. Francis intervened when the town wanted to kill the wolf and talked the wolf into never killing again. The wolf became a pet of the townspeople who made sure that he always had plenty to eat. Because of these miracles, St. Francis of Assisi Day is often asso- ciated with the Blessing of the Animals. Trinity Blyth and St. John's, Brussels welcome all, to come to worship with them on St. Francis of Assisi Day, Oct. 20. Bring your pet or companion ani- mal in a box, cage, aquarium or on a leash and have it blessed.' Several Auburnites enjoyed the delicious Thanksgiving dinner at the hail in Blyth on Friday, Oct. 4. Following the meal minister Rev. Tom Wilson spoke on Thanksgiving. We in Canada have so much to be thankful for — beauti- ful country, good farming land, (a number of us grew up on farms and some still live there), nice towns, villages and cities and capable gov- ernments. It was a very worthwhile speech. Pat Hunking has invited the Walkerburn Club to her home on Monday, Oct. 28 at 12:30 P.M. We look forward to their occasion. Catherine Lapp and her daughter Nancy Denys of Kippen are going to Fort Collins, Colorado to -visit Mrs. Lapp's sister Mrs. Lois Templar and her son, Charles. Obituari s Business Director 887-9248 INSTANT FAX AS F.A.S.T AS A PHONE Send your paperwork by FAX instantly! eg. statements, contracts, auction ads, favorite recipes, obituaries, messages... 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