Amid seaside blessing, Rocky Mountains crossing, shrine stops, pilgrimage’s ‘highlight is always the people’ June 14, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News As the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage enters its fourth week with a continuous string of large-scale events on each of its four routes, its perpetual pilgrims continue to notice God at work in simple, unexpected encounters.
Eucharist reflects God’s ‘journey of love’ with his people, Cardinal Gregory says June 10, 2024By Mark Zimmermann OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News The Eucharist reflects God’s steadfast friendship and “journey of love” with his people, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington said in his homily at the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Mass June 9 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
More than 1,200 take to the streets of nation’s capital for National Eucharistic Pilgrimage June 10, 2024By Richard Szczepanowski Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News More than 1,200 faithful took to the streets of the nation’s capital June 8 to celebrate the arrival of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in the Archdiocese of Washington with prayers, songs and a procession.
Radio Interview: National Eucharistic Pilgrimage June 10, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with two of the permanent pilgrims on the Seton Route, Zoe Dongas and Amayrani Higueldo, to talk about their inspiration to make the 65-day pilgrimage and their experiences along the way.
‘He’s truly there:’ Hundreds of pilgrims process with Eucharist through Baltimore streets June 7, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News “Even as beautiful as this place is, even as beautiful as any church or altar or tabernacle or sacred vessel, you were created to hold God and to be the vessel that carries him into the world,” Bishop Lewandowski said, “so that the world might know his loving presence, his grace, his goodness, his mercy and his salvation.”
Eucharistic pilgrims inspired by Bread of Life – and food truck fare June 7, 2024By Katie V. Jones Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News As a stop on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, the cathedral hosted vespers and eucharistic preaching by Father Patalinghug, who switched from his robes to an apron to work in his Grace and Grub Food Truck as soon as the liturgy ended.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage ‘is so radical and so crazy, and I’m glad,’ pilgrim says June 7, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News On their third week of the pilgrimage, however, the perpetual pilgrims — young adults traveling the full lengths of the four National Eucharistic Pilgrimage routes with the Eucharist — reported meeting enthusiasm at every stop since setting out from points in California, Connecticut, Minnesota and Texas May 18-19.
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage brings ‘joyous’ and ‘amazing’ experience to Emmitsburg June 6, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori described the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s June 6 stop at the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton as a “joyous” occasion.
National Eucharist Pilgrimage meets rain and prayers at first Maryland stop June 6, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage eastern route arrived in Maryland for three days of prayer, adoration and procession with a stop June 5 at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Carroll County.
Downtown Frederick is site of Corpus Christi procession June 6, 2024By Erik Anderson Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Local News, News, Uncategorized Three blocks of downtown Frederick were cleared of traffic June 2 for an afternoon procession led by St. John the Evangelist Church that drew more than 800 of the faithful into the streets to celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi.
‘Perpetual pilgrims’ are to be ‘a light to those we encounter’ on way to congress June 6, 2024By Amber Walling OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, World News Jennifer Torres began her pilgrimage on the northern Marian Route, which began May 17 in Bemidji, Minn., at the Star of the North Conference and will end in Indianapolis at the National Eucharistic Congress.
Seminarians discern a closer walk with Jesus traveling the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage June 3, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Vocations, World News Having seminarians join the five or six other young adult “perpetual pilgrims” and their priest and religious brother chaplains on each route provides the young men “a unique formational opportunity” that allows them “to also be a witness to other young men who may be discerning a vocation to the priesthood,” said Joel Stepanek, vice president of programming and administration for National Eucharistic Congress Inc.
