Animal blessings

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, October 10, 2023

The Rev. Craig Vocelka of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church blesses 12-year-old Sweetpea, left, and Abner, 2, as their caregiver Danny Barnes of Port Hadlock looks on during Sunday’s Blessing of the Animals in Port Townsend. More than a dozen dogs came with their people to the labyrinth at St. Paul’s, where the spirit of St. Francis, a lover of animals, was invoked. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
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The Rev. Craig Vocelka of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church blesses 12-year-old Sweetpea, left, and Abner, 2, as their caregiver Danny Barnes of Port Hadlock looks on during Sunday’s Blessing of the Animals in Port Townsend. More than a dozen dogs came with their people to the labyrinth at St. Paul’s, where the spirit of St. Francis, a lover of animals, was invoked. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

The Rev. Craig Vocelka of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church blesses 12-year-old Sweetpea, left, and Abner, 2, as their caregiver Danny Barnes of Port Hadlock looks on during Sunday’s Blessing of the Animals in Port Townsend. More than a dozen dogs came with their people to the labyrinth at St. Paul’s, where the spirit of St. Francis, a lover of animals, was invoked. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
The Rev. Craig Vocelka of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church blesses 12-year-old Sweetpea, left, and Abner, 2, as their caregiver Danny Barnes of Port Hadlock looks on during Sunday’s Blessing of the Animals in Port Townsend. More than a dozen dogs came with their people to the labyrinth at St. Paul’s, where the spirit of St. Francis, a lover of animals, was invoked. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

The Rev. Craig Vocelka of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church blesses 12-year-old Sweetpea, left, and Abner, 2, as their caregiver Danny Barnes of Port Hadlock looks on during Sunday’s Blessing of the Animals in Port Townsend.

More than a dozen dogs came with their people to the labyrinth at St. Paul’s, where the spirit of St. Francis, a lover of animals, was invoked.