Say the Holy Rosary in French Creole with Mother Dumas.
Alberta (Gauthier) Dumas Robinson was born in Opelousas, Louisiana in 1902. She and her family moved to Beaumont, Texas in the early 1930's, then later migrated to Oakland, California in the 1950's.
She was known for her prayerful spirit; most Sundays after church, the priests from St. Patrick's Catholic Church in West Oakland would join the family for Sunday supper. She would often cook foods like gumbo and rice, collard greens, chicken fricassee, spaghetti and green beans...and there was always cake in the cake pan on top of the refrigerator.
In this recording, she's teaching her youngest grandchild Andrea (me!) the rosary in her first language, French Creole, in about 1983. I only had a short clip recorded on cassette tape, so this audio has been edited to complete the full rosary. Grandmother would say the rosary 3 times a day, but once a day is okay.
Mother Dumas died in 2001 at the age of 99 years young.
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