Procession on Bayou Teche to celebrate Assumption, pray for end to pandemic cruxnow.com

On Aug. 15, the sixth annual Fete-Dieu du Teche, a 40-mile Eucharistic procession by boat and on foot along the Bayou Teche in the Lafayette Diocese, will celebrate the feast of the Assumption and will be a petition to God for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Father Michael Champagne, a priest of the Community of Jesus Crucified, who is the organizer of the daylong event, said this year’s procession is special for another reasons: It marks the 255th anniversary of the arrival of French-Canadian immigrants, “who brought the Catholic faith to Acadiana after enduring great trials and suffering.”…

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