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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]
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 Eighth National Eucharistic Congress was a Roman Catholic eucharistic congress held from October 17–20, 1938 ( – ) in the U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana, meant to foster devotion to the sacrament of the Eucharist. The congress was held in City Park Stadium.
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 ...
Light shines through the cross adorning the monstrance on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, during the first revival/opening ceremony of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
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 .
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.
A traditional "solar" monstrance used to display the Blessed Sacrament A second purpose of reservation is that it might be a focus of prayer. In the 3rd century, catechumens baptized at Easter or Pentecost might spend eight days in meditation before the Blessed Sacrament, reserved in a home-church, before Christianity was legalized.