Parish evidence of 'Gods grace in a country place'

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Chase Blankenship, left, and Chad Trendle arrived on horseback at Holy Martyrs of Japan Church in Japan for a special horse and mule service May 22. More than 25 church members at the Franklin County parish rode to services and gathered afterward with other parishioners for a chuck wagon meal prepared by parishioners Bev and Bill Turner.

It was a bit of an unusual scene at the end of Mass last weekend at the Church of the Holy Martyrs of Japan in Japan.

After his final blessing, Father John Patrick Day reached for his cast-iron triangle and gave it a sharp clang -- it was time for dinner. Outside, more than two dozen horses, mules and wagons belonging to parishioners were hitched to their posts.