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    An Introduction to Cajun Spirituality
    An Introduction to Cajun Spirituality
    An Introduction to Cajun Spirituality
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    An Introduction to Cajun Spirituality

    By Clinton R. LeFort

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    Sheer Determination to Survive

         According to Caron (2015), the Acadians are seen as having the “sheer determination to survive as a people.” (5) What is this sheer determination but the very fiber of people’s desire to live in peaceful communion with one another? It all began with King Francis I of France who wanted to establish himself ruler of a new world. He sent out explorers to North America. King Francis even had the desire to “Spread the Catholic Faith,” by his explorer's journeys. His explorers landed along the Eastern coast of Canada and what would later become the New England States. What is most amazing is that the early French settlers became Acadians and transformed themselves into a people that developed a way of life that has lasted over 400 years. In the process, they have landed in every part of the United States, developed their cuisine. Some have become scholars, professionals in business, entertainment, sports and a host of other professions. As a person who inherited much of my Cajun ancestry from my parents and grandparents, this book has helped me to unearth much of my roots. In the process of writing and researching, I've become more grateful for what my ancestors did to put roots down in America, survive many battles, wars, expulsions and settlements to help form the people we have become. I don’t think the Cajuns or Acadians can be identified just in a few words. I’ve come to understand there is more history written about the Acadians than we could put in a small library; however, each one of those histories has something unique to say about the Acadian culture and lifestyle. I hope this book will in some way contribute to what the Acadian people reflect in their lives or at least what I’ve come to understand we reflect in our lives. The “good times roll,” only after many hardships and battles are won.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherClinton LeFort
    Release dateAug 1, 2017
    ISBN9781540147417
    An Introduction to Cajun Spirituality
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    Clinton R. LeFort

    Clinton R. LeFort was born in Lake Arthur Louisiana, a small rural town in Southwest Louisiana in the United States. He began creative writing at age 6, in the form of poems, songs and news broadcast. After high school he attended USL, LSU and USC, where he continued his writing on philosophical, academic and religious topics. He began his own publishing company in 2006 after successfully writing 6 books which received Imprimaturs from the Archdiocese of St. Louis,Mo. Today Mr. LeFort has over 300 titles available for Kindle. He continues to read and write with a great interest in spirituality and mysticism of Catholic Saints.

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      An Introduction to Cajun Spirituality - Clinton R. LeFort

      Sheer Determination to Survive

      According to Caron (2015), the Acadians are seen as having the sheer determination to survive as a people. (5) What is this sheer determination but the very fiber of people’s desire to live in peaceful communion with one another? It all began with King Francis I of France who wanted to establish himself ruler of a new world. He sent out explorers to North America. King Francis even had the desire to Spread the Catholic Faith, by his explorer's journeys. His explorers landed along the Eastern coast of Canada and what would later become the New England States. What is most amazing is that the early French settlers became Acadians and transformed themselves into a people that developed a way of life that has lasted over 400 years. In the process, they have landed in every part of the United States, developed their cuisine. Some have become scholars, professionals in business, entertainment, sports and a host of other professions. As a person who inherited much of my Cajun ancestry from my parents and grandparents, this book has helped me to unearth much of my roots. In the process of writing and researching, I've become more grateful for what my ancestors did to put roots down in America, survive many battles, wars, expulsions and settlements to help form the people we have become. I don’t think the Cajuns or Acadians can be identified just in a few words. I’ve come to understand there is more history written about the Acadians than we could put in a small library; however, each one of those histories has something unique to say about the Acadian culture and lifestyle. I hope this book will in some way contribute to what the Acadian people reflect in their lives or at least what I’ve come to understand we reflect in our lives. The good times roll, only after many hardships and battles are won.

      The Holy Trinity and the Fais Do Do

      Growing up in Southwest Louisiana I had plenty of opportunities to listen and watch the Cajun bands and appreciate the music making of the very friendly folks around me. Well, Cajun folks really know how appreciate good music and good food. While I deeply loved the music and the good food like Boudin, Crawfish Etoufette, Shrimp Gumbo, Shrimp and Crab Boils and so much more. Around the age of twelve I started thinking of other things besides food and music, but not because I had gotten tired of Louisiana Cuisine of the Culture. I started asking questions about life in general and wondered if there was more than what I was seeing around me. To tell the whole truth I was introduced to the faith at an early age and was a regular Sunday Church goer, except the few times I snuck out of Church to go play somewhere with friends. There built up in me a dividing wall in my heart because of my faith. I could dive into the world and at the same time reserve part of my heart to religion; that is, until religion started growing larger than the time I was giving to it because of my giving myself to the world.

      This division in myself came about slowly and painfully. It came about slowly because it was almost imperceptible to the naked eye and ear, yet its reality was greater than what I could see and hear around me. This realization inside myself is what I later came to call my Cajun Spirituality. It was my private religion, since I could always depend upon God understanding just who I was and who I was supposed to be. There was this kind of confidence that if something happened to me then God would find an answer for me because he himself had revealed himself to me thru my religion. I really didn’t know the full meaning of this experience until many years later, but when I had the initial understanding that this is what my faith was about then I had to accept it. Many times I would fight with it like St. Paul says in his letters the warring of the flesh against the spirit. It was a true fight or war, but greater than the fights I would get into as a kid. This war was at the heart of who I was. I still loved and appreciated attending the Fais do do, but there was a different part of myself that began questioning all these worldly experiences as only part of what I was meant to understand. Human beings are complex persons. We are thrown into a world we do not know, but need to learn. When we learn one thing it is usually replaced by a greater reality that displaces the earlier learning. In other words, our values change and with age grow more secure.

      Nudity, Purity, and Charity

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