Champ (not its real name, but looks like a Champ) takes in all the sights, sounds and smells in one of the church’s pews.
Rev. Charles Edward LeClerc is thanked by one of the many dogs at St. Paul’s Blessing of the Animals.
A local dog feels the love by snuggling up to one neighbor and getting rubs from another. Man, a dog’s life is tough.
Rev. Charles Edward LeClerc give a little head rub to Fluffy (not its real name) at the end of the blessing.
Every year on the first weekend in October, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church holds a Blessing of the Animals event for its members. More than 70 animals, mostly dogs and a few stuffed, were blessed over three services at the church this year in honor of St. Francis of Assisi.
