'We send our voices to give thanks to the trees,' said a laywoman in an apparent homage to pagan animism during a ceremony before the 'Earth Day Mass.'
The school required children to participate in a smudging ceremony whereby smoke from burning sage was fanned over the classroom, furniture and space occupied by children.
'May all the gods bless you and may all our spirits give you goosebumps, not just today but for the rest of your lives, and we know then we’re on the right path.'