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A Louisiana Catholic church has come up with a novel way of blessing locals.

St. Anne Church in Abbeville sprayed 100 gallons of holy water over the community on Saturday with the help of a tiny, low-flying plane traditionally used to spray pesticides on farms.

Rev. Matthew Barzare, the parish’s young priest, told NPR that this was the largest amount of water he had ever blessed.

“I’ve blessed some buckets for people and such, but never that much water,” the priest said.