A Pictorial Essay, part 3

by Thomas A. Droleskey

 

Saying goodbye to the family at the hotel in Lafayette, Louisiana, as I do a water run, Friday, March 16, 2007.

 

A Zebra at the Acadiana Zoo, Tuesday, March 20, 2007

 

A giraffe who has enough for one day. Acadiana Zoo, Tuesday, March 20, 2007.

Daughter and father wallking at the Acadiana Zoo, Tuesday, March 20, 2007.

With Father Francis Miller, O.F.M., Christ the King Church, Lafayette, Louisiana, Sunday, March 18, 2007.

 

A street sign in Lafayette, Louisiania, obviously in honor of one of Lucy's cousins from New Jersey.

Telling the fate of the Catholic Acadeians who were expelled by the British Protestants and Masons in 1755 and thereafter. Nice folks, those Anglicans and Calvinists, huh?

Writing an article while overnight at the repair shop in Lafayette, Louisiana, Monday night, March 19, 2007.

On the grounds of Saint Charles Church, Grand Couteau, Louisiana, Tuesday, March 20, 2007.

 

The headstone of Father Thomas E. Sherman, S.J., in the Jesuit cemetery of Saint Charles Church in Grand Couteau, Louisiana, Tuesday, March 20, 2007. Father Sherman was the son of, you got it, General William Sherman, the man who burned a swath of destruction from Atlanta to the the Atlantic Ocean in the War between the States.

A Crucifix in the cemetery of Saint Charles Church, GFrand Couteau, Louisiana, Tuesday, March 20, 2007

A portrait of the Venerable Rose Philippine Duchesne, foundress of the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Couteau, Louisiana, Tuesday, March 20, 2007.

The former novice's cell, now a chapel, where Saint John Berchmans healed novice Mary Wilson on December 14, 1866. Convent of the Sacred Heart, Grand Couteau, Louisiana, Tuesday, March 20, 2007.

A portrait of Saint John Berchmans' healing of Mary Wilson. Chapel of the Coinvent of the Sacred Heart, Tuesday, March 20, 2007.

A scroll commemorating the visit of Saint John Berchmans to Mary Wilson. Chapel in the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau, Louisiana, Tuesday, March 20, 2007.

The stand of oak trees planted by Father Pierre Jean De Smet to provide him with shade as he rode from Saint Charles Church to the Academy and Convent of the Sacred Heart, Grand Couteau, Louisiana, Tuesday, March 20, 2007.

The old beagle who paid us a visit at Bayou Wilderness Campground, Carencro, Louisiana, Wednesday, March 21, 2007.

Driving through the Atchafalya Swamp, Louisiana, Wednesday, March 21, 2007

The delivery of a "deck" to keep us from tracking too much mud into the motor home. Olive Branch Campground, Oregonia, Ohio, Wednesday, April 4, 2007.

Sharon and Lucy's homemade liturgical calendar for the month of April, 2007.

A manatee at the Cincinnati Zoo, Tuesday, April 10, 2007.

Two five year-olds at the Cincinnati Zoo. I claim the one on the right! Tuesday, April 10, 2007.

The statues of Our Lady of Lourdes and Saint Bernadette that we transported from Ohio to Spokane, Washington. Wednesday, April 11, 2007.

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, "The Henry Ford," Deaborn, Michigan, Monday, April 16, 2007

A kitchen that could pass for Ralph and Alice Kramden's in Bensonurst, Brooklyn, New York. "The Henry Ford," Monday, April 16, 2007.

The late Charles Kuralt's "On the Road" motor home. "The Henry Ford," Deaborn, Michigan, Monday, April 16, 2007

An early motor home. "The Henry Ford," Deaborn, Michigan, Monday, April 16, 2007

A dictatormobile, used by Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. "The Henry Ford," Deaborn, Michigan, Monday, April 16, 2007

Dwight Eisenhower's dictatormobile. "The Henry Ford," Deaborn, Michigan, Monday, April 16, 2007

The automobile that made Ralph Nader famous and that my late father loved to drive, the Chevrolet Corvair. "The Henry Ford," Deaborn, Michigan, Monday, April 16, 2007

The limousine in which John F. Kennedy was shot and killed. (The roof was added later.) "The Henry Ford," Deaborn, Michigan, Monday, April 16, 2007

The limousine into which the wounded Ronald Reagan was pushed. "The Henry Ford," Deaborn, Michigan, Monday, April 16, 2007

Pure Americana. "The Henry Ford," Deaborn, Michigan, Monday, April 16, 2007

The rocking chair in which dictator Lincoln was shot. "The Henry Ford," Deaborn, Michigan, Monday, April 16, 2007

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One sign says it all. "The Henry Ford," Deaborn, Michigan, Monday, April 16, 2007

"Dada, I still see that sign." Interstates 80/94, Thursday, April 19, 2007.

Bob is on the job.Interstates 80/94, Thursday, April 19, 2007.

On the "hook" again. Interstates 80/94, Thursday, April 19, 2007.

It's still light out. Interstates 80/94, Thursday, April 19, 2007.

The disassembled drive shaft. Interstates 80/94, Thursday, April 19, 2007.

Folllowing our motor home in the Trail Blazer. The sun is beginning to set. Interstate 80, Thursday, April 19, 2007.

Nightfall in Peotone, Illinois, Thursday, April 19, 2007.

The baby polar bear, Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois, Friday, April 20, 2007.

Baby and mother, Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois, Friday, April 20, 2007.

Sister Olive, School Sister of Saint Francis, Bolingbrook, Illinois, Saturday, April 21, 2007.

The wonderful son of Saint Francis, Father Martin Stepanich, O.F.M., Bolingbrook, Illinois, Saturday, April 21, 2007.

Not an advertisement for the National Broadcasting Company. A peacock at the Milwaukee Zoo, Monday, April 23, 2007.

Sharon and Lucy at Lamb's Farm, Libertyville, Illinois, Monday, April 23, 2007.

A view of the Windy City, Wednesday, April 25, 2007.

Sick and stranded. Interstate 94, Wisconsin, Sunday, April 29, 2007.

Talking to our rescuers, Bob and Tom Mueller, Interstate 94, Wisconsin, Sunday, April 29, 2007.

Queen of the May. Queen of our hearts forever.

Viva Cristo Rey!

 

Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.

 

Saint Joseph, pray for us.

Saints Peter and Paul, pray for us.

Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.

Saint Michael the Archangel, pray for us.

Saint Gabriel the Archangel, pray for us.

Saint Raphael the Archangel, pray for us.

Saint Venantius, pray for us.

Saint Athanasius, pray for us.

Saints Monica, pray for us.

Saint Jude, pray for us.

Saint John the Beloved, pray for us.

Saint Francis Solano, pray for us.

Saint John Bosco, pray for us.

Saint Dominic Savio, pray for us.

Saint  Scholastica, pray for us.

Saint Benedict, pray for us.

Saint Anthony of Padua, pray for us.

Saint Antony of the Desert, pray for us.

Saint Francis of Assisi, pray for us.

Saint Thomas Aquinas, pray for us.

Saint Bonaventure, pray for us.

Saint Augustine, pray for us.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, pray for us.

Saint Francis Xavier, pray for us.

Saint Peter Damian, pray for us.

Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, pray for us.

Saint Lucy, pray for us.

Saint Monica, pray for us.

Saint Agatha, pray for us.

Saint Philomena, pray for us.

Saint Cecilia, pray for us.

Saint John Mary Vianney, pray for us.

Saint Vincent de Paul, pray for us.

Saint Vincent Ferrer, pray for us.

Saint Athanasius, pray for us.

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, pray for us.

Saint Isaac Jogues, pray for us.

Saint Rene Goupil, pray for us.

Saint John Lalonde, pray for us.

Saint Gabriel Lalemont, pray for us.

Saint Noel Chabanel, pray for us.

Saint Charles Garnier, pray for us.

Saint Anthony Daniel, pray for us.

Saint John DeBrebeuf, pray for us.

Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, pray for us.

Saint Dominic, pray for us.

Saint Hyacinth, pray for us.

Saint Basil, pray for us.

Saint Vincent Ferrer, pray for us.

Saint Sebastian, pray for us.

Saint Tarcisius, pray for us.

Saint Bridget of Sweden, pray for us.

Saint Gerard Majella, pray for us.

Saint John of the Cross, pray for us.

Saint Teresa of Avila, pray for us.

Saint Bernadette Soubirous, pray for us.

Saint Genevieve, pray for us.

Saint Vincent de Paul, pray for us.

Pope Saint Pius X, pray for us

Pope Saint Pius V, pray for us.

Saint Rita of Cascia, pray for us.

Saint Louis de Montfort, pray for us.

Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich, pray for us.

Venerable Pauline Jaricot, pray for us.

Father Miguel Augustin Pro, pray for us.

Francisco Marto, pray for us.

Jacinta Marto, pray for us.

Juan Diego, pray for us.

 

The Longer Version of the Saint Michael the Archangel Prayer, composed by Pope Leo XIII, 1888

O glorious Archangel Saint Michael, Prince of the heavenly host, be our defense in the terrible warfare which we carry on against principalities and powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, spirits of evil.  Come to the aid of man, whom God created immortal, made in His own image and likeness, and redeemed at a great price from the tyranny of the devil.  Fight this day the battle of our Lord, together with  the holy angels, as already thou hast fought the leader of the proud angels, Lucifer, and his apostate host, who were powerless to resist thee, nor was there place for them any longer in heaven.  That cruel, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil or Satan who seduces the whole world, was cast into the abyss with his angels.  Behold this primeval enemy and slayer of men has taken courage.  Transformed into an angel of light, he wanders about with all the multitude of wicked spirits, invading the earth in order to blot out the Name of God and of His Christ, to seize upon, slay, and cast into eternal perdition, souls destined for the crown of eternal glory.  That wicked dragon pours out. as a most impure flood, the venom of his malice on men of depraved mind and corrupt heart, the spirit of lying, of impiety, of blasphemy, and the pestilent breath of impurity, and of every vice and iniquity.  These most crafty enemies have filled and inebriated with gall and bitterness the Church, the spouse of the Immaculate Lamb, and have laid impious hands on Her most sacred possessions. In the Holy Place itself, where has been set up the See of the most holy Peter and the Chair of Truth for the light of the world, they have raised the throne of their abominable impiety with the iniquitous design that when the Pastor has been struck the sheep may be scattered.  Arise then, O invincible Prince, bring help against the attacks of the lost spirits to the people of God, and give them the victory.  They venerate thee as their protector and patron; in thee holy Church glories as her defense against the malicious powers of hell; to thee has God entrusted the souls of men to be established in heavenly beatitude.  Oh, pray to the God of peace that He may put Satan under our feet, so far conquered that he may no longer be able to hold men in captivity and harm the Church.  Offer our prayers in the sight of the Most High, so that they may quickly conciliate the mercies of the Lord; and beating down the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, do thou again make him captive in the abyss, that he may no longer seduce the nations.  Amen.

Verse: Behold the Cross of the Lord; be scattered ye hostile powers.

Response: The Lion of the Tribe of Juda has conquered the root of David.

Verse: Let Thy mercies be upon us, O Lord.

Response: As we have hoped in Thee.

Verse: O Lord hear my prayer.

Response: And let my cry come unto Thee.

Verse: Let us pray.  O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we call upon Thy holy Name, and as suppliants, we implore Thy clemency, that by the intercession of Mary, ever Virgin, immaculate and our Mother, and of the glorious Archangel Saint Michael, Thou wouldst deign to help us against Satan and all other unclean spirits, who wander about the world for the injury of the human race and the ruin of our souls. 

Response:  Amen.