From left, Fiona Roper with Raffles, Wanda Oberman with Jack and Charlotte Dickson with Flossie at St John Vianney Church in Wantage
ANIMALS will be flocking to church on Sunday to take part in a special blessing service.
Donkeys, rabbits, chickens and ferrets have previously been blessed at the annual service in Wantage’s St John Vianney Roman Catholic Church.
The Charlton Road church service, to be led by Canon Peter Turbitt, starts at 3pm.
Among those attending will be organiser Wanda Oberman with her border collie cross Jack.
Also at the ceremony will be Wantage mayor Fiona Roper and her Wheaten terrier Raffles and former mayor Charlotte Dickson with her Irish terrier Flossie.
Mrs Roper said: “It is very chaotic. When we start to sing the hymns, all the dogs start howling. It is very funny.”
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