Moving Eucharistic Moments Along the Mississippi in New Orleans, by Monica Hidalgo Breaux

By Monica Hidalgo Breaux, National Catholic Register, August 24, 2024

Monica Hidalgo Breaux, Ph.D., MSW, earned her Ph.D. from Arizona State University while teaching human behavior and research methods as a faculty associate in the social work graduate program.

Local bystanders fell to their knees …

My dear friend Father Michael Champagne spent two years planning his annual boat parade. Privately he told me, “Nobody’s gonna give me a tugboat for two days, that’s ridiculous! And they did.”

And so his annual Eucharistic procession took to the Mighty Mississippi.

I followed the Eucharistic procession down the Mississippi. It was easy to do by car because there were stops along the way. I stood in the heat with faithful Catholics, kneeling in silence when we heard the bells ringing as the boats approached us. …

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