Fête-Dieu du Teche 2025 to take place Friday August 15.
The 40-mile Eucharistic Procession by boat this year coincides with the Great Jubilee Year celebrated in the Church around the world every 25 years. The procession this year will highlight the Christian’s Pilgrimage of Hope as we follow our Eucharistic Lord to the Father’s House au Ciel!
Families and Church organizations are encouraged to participate by registering a boat and pilgrimaging down the Bayou Teche by water or by following by car and gathering at the stops along the way for recitation of the Rosary and Benediction.
The day begins at 8 AM with Sunday Mass in French by Bishop Douglas Deshotel at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Leonville. Following the Mass there will be a procession with the Blessed Sacrament and a statue of Mary and St. Joseph to the nearby boat landing.
Pilgrims are encouraged to join the procession to the boat landing for Benediction.
At 9:30 AM boats will depart in procession down the Teche toward St. Martinville, retracing the pilgrimage made by the Acadians 260 years ago.
