SOME ANIMALS IN THE SAINT ALBANS AREA...SHOULD BE FEELING A BIT áBLESSED. THAT'S BECAUSE áTHREE CHURCHES JOINED FORCES IN HOSTING THE "BLESSING OF THE PETS" IN TAYLOR PARK. THE CELEBRATION IS IN HONOR OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI'S ... FEAST DAY TOMORROW. THIS MARKS THE FIRST TIME...THE THREE CHURCHES HAVE COLLABORATED. PETS AND THEIR OWNERS RECEIVED THEIR BLESSING FROM THE PASTOR... ONE-BY-ONE. IT WAS A SPECIAL DAY FOR KARMA IN PARTICULAR... AS SHE WAS NAMED THE OFFICIAL "DOG CHAPLIN"... FOR THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. <IT'S SO HAPPY, I MEAN WE TEND TO THINK ESPECIALLY NOW WITH EVERYTHING SO HEAVY AND SERIOUS THIS IS JUST SOMETHING HAPPY AND NICE AND REMIND US THE THINGS THAT CONNECT US AS HUMAN BEINGS REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE BELIEVE POLITICALLY OR WHATEVER IN