PRESS PHOTOS COURTESY ST. ANNE SCHOOL Father Anthony Mongiello and Father Guissepe Esposito bless St. Anne School family pets during the Annual St. Anne Blessing of the Pets, adapted this year for safety as a Drive By event on Oct. 6. Above: Father Mongiello offers the Parkes Family pet, Murphy, a blessing and a treat.

Father Esposito, St. Anne parish priest, blesses Bently, companion of the Vasko family.

The Bowlby Family -- Rebecca, Jessica, Sweetie and Gregory -- pull up awaiting the blessing for their Sweetie.