PHOTOS: Jesus Adored on the Bayou on Assumption Solemnity
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Clockwise from left to right: The statue of Mary for the Blessed Mother boat for the Fête 2024; the massive monstrance for the 2024 event; highlights from 2022 (photo: Courtesy of the Fête-Dieu du Teche and Father Michael Champagne, CJC )
By Emily Malloy, National Catholic Register,
Emily Malloy is the food and floral design editor for TheologyofHome.com. Her book, Theology of Home IV: Arranging the Seasons, came out in fall 2023. She and her husband live in Mississippi with their four children.
11th-Annual Fête-Dieu du Teche: The Eucharistic Flotilla in Cajun Country
J’irai la voir un jour / Au ciel dans la patrie / Oui j’irai voir Marie / Ma joie et mon amour.
(Translated: “I am going to see her one day / In heaven, in our native land. / Yes, I am going to see Mary, / My joy and my love.”)
LEONVILLE, La. — I Am Going to See Her One Day is a hymn woven into the consciousness of South Louisiana Cajuns. The reality that heaven is our true homeland is generally intuited by all Catholics, but it resonates deeply within Cajun culture.
Often forgotten is the story of the French Catholics expelled from Nova Scotia by the British 260 years ago. After a 30-year exile filled with unimaginable hardship, the scattered Acadians were welcomed into Louisiana by the king of Spain, as it was then under Spanish control.
The annual Eucharistic boat procession on the Solemnity of the Assumption in Cajun country not only articulates the deep devotion of those in the region but also commemorates the collective memory of a people on the anniversary of their wayfaring ancestors’ arrival along the same waterway: the Bayou Teche. …
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