On Tuesday, September 27, 1960, the altar in Sacred Heart Church was consecrated with the following relics encased: Sts. Benedictus and Clarus
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In 1955, the marble church altar was donated.
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Laid in the left wall of the main altar, the memorial cornerstone reads "Under the protection of the Sacred Heart of Jesus during the episcopacy of Most Reverend Jules B. Jeanmard, D.D., Bishop of Lafayette, Reverend P.G.J. Kemps, Pastor, this stone was placed with solemn rites June 25, 1954, The Marian Year."
Within there is a sealed box that contains the history of the parish, Sacred Heart memorabilia, tokens of two queens of Holland, and coins with dates:
1922- Father A. Drossaerts became pastor
1922- Father J. Kemps arrived in the United States
1925- Father J. Kemps was ordained
1933- Father J. Kemps came to Broussardd
1950- The Holy Year
1954- The Marian Year
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In 1983, Robert Dafford was commissioned to paint a mural on the Sanctuary Wall of the Church.
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