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Eucharist
Stories of conversion, ‘amazing’ encounters mark National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s first 10 days
Ten days into their journeys, the 23 perpetual pilgrims were in the Diocese of Victoria; the Diocese of Boise, Idaho; the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis; and the Diocese of Trenton, N.J.
5 Things to Know about the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s stop in Maryland
Five Things to Know about the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s stop in the Archdiocese of Baltimore:
‘All gifts from God’: Crowds, connection, conversion mark national pilgrimage’s first week
In their first week, pilgrims on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage have faced blisters, a busted toe and thunderstorms, but those “hiccups” along the routes are “all gifts from God,” said Jack Krebs, a perpetual pilgrim on the pilgrimage’s St. Junipero Serra Route.
Eucharistic procession through streets of nation’s capital draws hundreds of faithful
Passersby halted and cars slowed to a crawl as they took in the scene the morning of May 18: Hundreds of Catholics processed through the streets of Washington, following a priest carrying a consecrated host — Christ’s body, blood, soul and divinity present under the appearance of bread — beneath a canopy.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage journeys begin on Pentecost, inviting torrents of grace on U.S.
The pilgrimage is part of the National Eucharistic Revival, a three-year initiative launched in 2022 by the U.S. bishops to inspire a deeper love and reverence for Jesus in the Eucharist, after a Pew Research Center survey found only one-third of U.S. Catholics believed the church’s teaching of Jesus being truly present in the Eucharist.
Northern pilgrimage begins with a call to holiness and an intimate walk in the woods with Jesus
In full vestments and flanked by pines, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens held high the Eucharist in a golden monstrance, making the sign of the cross over the stream that flowed gently from the placid lake behind him. Next to him, a signpost read, “Here 1,475 FT above the ocean, the mighty Mississippi begins to flow on its winding way 2,552 miles to the Gulf of Mexico.”
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s eastern route kicks off: ‘We walk together as the body of Christ’
Under a cold drizzle, scores of Catholics in New Haven sang and prayed while following the Eucharistic Jesus in procession. This May 18 display of faith marked the first Eucharistic procession of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s eastern route.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s southern route starts with joyful witness amid Mass, processions
The southern arm of the national pilgrimage launched from the tip of Texas in Brownsville — nearly half a mile from the U.S.-Mexico border — and will wind around the Gulf of Mexico and traverse the country’s southeast on its way to Indianapolis to attend the July 17-21 10th National Eucharistic Congress.
Faith lived in love has ‘power to change history,’ says Cordileone as Eucharistic pilgrimage begins
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone told pilgrims at a Pentecost Mass launching the western route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage — the St. Junipero Serra Route — that the faith publicly lived in love has the “power to change history.”
Sisters on Eucharistic pilgrimage’s ‘Seton Route’ see God’s providence in preparations
Learning to reverse a truck attached to a camper trailer wasn’t on Mother Mary Maximilian Cote’s to-do list — until recently, when it became a pressing need. On May 18, she and three other members of the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Healing Love are joining the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, and she’s a back-up driver for their support vehicle.
Pilgrim priest: National Eucharistic Pilgrimage helps reveal the church’s ‘deepest core’
Father Roger Landry may be the reason 24 young people and several priests are walking thousands of miles across the United States this summer with the Eucharist.