Story: "Louisiana Church Uses Crop Duster/Plane To Spray Holy Water"

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A US Roman Catholic church in south-western Louisiana has come up with a novel way of blessing its parish.

Rev Matthew Barzare of St Anne Church in the rural community of Cow Island took up the suggestion of a parishioner to spray 100 gallons (454 litres) of holy water from a plane.

His parish is spread over a wide area so Rev Barzare decided a crop dusting plane would be a quick solution.
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A US Roman Catholic church in south-western Louisiana has come up with a novel way of blessing its parish.

Rev Matthew Barzare of St Anne Church in the rural community of Cow Island took up the suggestion of a parishioner to spray 100 gallons (454 litres) of holy water from a plane.

His parish is spread over a wide area so Rev Barzare decided a crop dusting plane would be a quick solution.
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A US Roman Catholic church in south-western Louisiana has come up with a novel way of blessing its parish.

Rev Matthew Barzare of St Anne Church in the rural community of Cow Island took up the suggestion of a parishioner to spray 100 gallons (454 litres) of holy water from a plane.

His parish is spread over a wide area so Rev Barzare decided a crop dusting plane would be a quick solution.
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I’m thinking Baltimore City could be in need of this! 336 homicides and counting. God help us!
 
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I’ve suggested excising California from the Union at times . . .

🤣 😜 😱

But then, I also want a wall built . . . on Nevad’as western border . . . :roll_eyes: 😝 😜
 
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As a guy in Louisiana that used to work for a crop dusting company, I don’t know why they did this. Also those planes hold way more than 100 gallons, so they didn’t even get it but like an ⅛ full.
 
The gimmicky nature of using a Sacramental as a public spectacle.
 
That is kind of my feeling as well. It is one thing for a Catholic farmer to get it sprayed over his own field, but not right over a general population. I would not feel right to have another’s religion forced on me that way either.
 
It’s a small town, based on its size and the location I would not be surprised if it was almost 100% Catholic. So disrespect to other religions seems like a strange criticism.
As to it’s appropriatness, it reads as if the diocese had approved it as they released a message about it quoted in one news article I read.

I think the criticisms on this forum are misplaced.
 
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almost 100% Catholic. So disrespect to other religions seems like a strange criticism.
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Well, to be fair…Almost still isn’t 100%…so even if there was only 1 person…

But also, the town is unincorporated so I’m guessing everyone knows everyone too.
 
Rural people tend to be rather pragmatic in my experience. A protestant in a rural town which was blessed with holy water would say something like “those silly Catholics being weird again” and shrug his shoulders and go back to work.
 
I don’t necessarily disagree, but it only takes one…and I think that’s what @QwertyGirl is getting at…and to just assume everyone would be OK with it.

Like I said though…they’re unincorporated, so there’s a decent chance everyone in town knew what was going to happen.
 
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A protestant in a rural town which was blessed with holy water would say something like “those silly Catholics being weird again” and shrug his shoulders and go back to work.
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Perhaps. But of course that doesn’t mean it isn’t a wrong thing to do. Forcing religion on others is always to be avoided.
 
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