There were pets of all shapes and sizes at Garces Memorial High School’s pet blessing Tuesday at the northeast Bakersfield campus. Organized by the Garces Memorial FFA program, the pet blessing also is part of a weeklong celebration of National FFA Week.
Hundreds of Garces High School students participate in the pet blessing on campus Tuesday, as the Rev. David Lopez supplies the blessings.
Garces students flinch as Father David Lopez uses holy water to provide a blessing to pets and students alike at Tuesday’s annual pet blessing.
At Garces Memorial High School’s all-school Pet Blessing on Tuesday, the Rev. David Lopez blesses hundreds of students and their pets as they pass by.
So ugly, they’re cute: Five-year-old Chula and 3-year-old CoCo strike a perfect pose for the camera at Tuesday’s annual pet blessing at Garces High.