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The procession will include a monstrance constructed by Lyndon Stromberg, owner and operator of Stromberg Architectural Products of Greenville, Texas (pictured above). The monstrance stands 14 feet tall and will hold a 14-inch Host, easily visible from the riverbanks and by the crowds in attendance. | Photo courtesy of the Fête-Dieu du Teche and Father Michael Champagne, CJC
By Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register,
Joseph Pronechen Joseph Pronechen is staff writer with the National Catholic Register since 2005 and before that a regular correspondent for the paper. …
The Blessed Sacrament will make a two-day pilgrimage in a flotilla that continues the Eucharistic Revival with a nautical flourish.
The annual Fête-Dieu du Teche Eucharistic procession — traditionally conveyed aboard boats along the south-central Louisiana bayou — includes a big surprise for this year’s 10th anniversary.
After nine years of 40-mile boat processions with the Blessed Sacrament at the head along Louisiana’s Bayou Teche, this year’s two-day event Aug. 14-15 will move to the Mississippi River.
This history-in-the-making move to “Old Man River” not only marks this milestone anniversary, but it was also planned to connect with the national three-year Eucharistic Revival that included the National Eucharistic Congress (NEC) in July.
It’s an appropriate choice, as the Mississippi, in 1673, was named by French Jesuit and explorer Father Jacques Marquette “The River of the Immaculate Conception” — a worthy name indeed to carry the Eucharistic Lord in a magnificent adoration cruise. …
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