I loved the pic, too, Rachel. And, Aly, I hope a lot of other people from the board take their camera to the Blessing of the Animals events.
We change our denomination on the Animal Blessings Sunday. We take our pets to the nearest ceremony which is at an anglican church (episcopalian??? in the US). The nearest catholic one is way across the city...& it's a hot journey for the pets (summer's coming on in the southern hemisphere).
There's also an Animals' Blessing ceremony in the city square. One year the Mayor's dog bit the Bishop who was blessing the animals . When the Bishop approached shaking the holy water dispenser, the dog thought he was attacking its owner. So the dog bit him...but it was only a warning nip! Everybody thought it was very funny including the Bishop...but the Mayor was embarrassed.