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The first International Eucharistic Congress owed its inspiration to Bishop Gaston de Ségur, and was held at Lille, France, on June 21, 1881.The initial inspiration behind the idea came from the laywoman Marie-Marthe-Baptistine Tamisier who lobbied clergy following the French Revolution in an effort to restore religiosity and Eucharistic devotion to France. [3]
More than 150 people, mostly children, fainted when attempting to attend the Mass. [8] The 2.7-mile (4.3 km) closing procession was marched in by 80,000 people, including 18,000 children. [ 8 ] From the gondola of the Goodyear Blimp Reliance , Rev. Joseph Bassich, SJ, sang hymns projected down to the crowd via loudspeakers.
A monstrance, also known as an ostensorium (or an ostensory), [1] is a vessel used in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, High Church Lutheran and Anglican churches for the display on an altar of some object of piety, such as the consecrated Eucharistic Sacramental bread (host) during Eucharistic adoration or during the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.
The Ninth National Eucharistic Congress was a Catholic Eucharistic congress held from June 23 to 26, 1941, at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. The event, meant to foster devotion to the sacrament of the Eucharist , attracted hundreds of thousands of attendees.
In the Catholic Church, a Eucharistic congress is a gathering of clergy, religious, and laity to bear witness to the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, which is an important Catholic doctrine. Congresses bring together people from a wide area, and typically involve large open-air Masses , Eucharistic adoration ( Blessed Sacrament ), and ...
Pre-selected "perpetual pilgrims" traveled the entire distance with the Eucharist, stopping along the way for public Eucharistic processions in cities and acts of service. [20] Notable processions along the way included a 7,000-person procession in Saint Paul and a 4,000-person procession in San Francisco. [21] [22]
The First National Eucharistic Congress was an event held October 2–3, 1895 ( – ) in Washington DC for the purpose of fostering devotion to the sacrament of the Eucharist. It was held at St. Patrick's Church , the oldest Catholic church in Washington, DC, and at Catholic University , then only 7 years old.
Conscious of a call to bear prophetic witness to the Eucharist, members of the Congregation commit themselves to the renewal of Church and society through this sacrament, especially by gathering communities characterized by hospitality, reconciliation, and service; and celebrating the Eucharist as the source and summit of the life of the Church ...