Servant of God Lt. Fr. Joseph Verbis Lafleur was honored at a Memorial Mass at St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas on the 78th anniversary of his heroic death at sea in the final days of World War II. The celebrant and homilist at the Mass was Rev. Carl Beekman, a priest of the Diocese of Rockford, Illinois. Fr. Beekman inherited Fr. Lafleur's chalice from Fr. Sylvester at St. Landry Church many years ago. Now that Fr. Lafleur's Cause for Canonization has been opened by Bishop Deshotel, Fr. Beekman has donated the chalice to those involved in furthering Fr. Lafleur's cause.