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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]
There would not be another Eucharistic congress in the United States until 1976 when the international congress occurred in Philadelphia. [8] The next National Eucharistic Congress did not occur until July 2024. [24] [25] The monstrance used at the congress is now at the Saint Paul Seminary.
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.
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.
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 ...
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 Tenth National Eucharistic Congress was held from July 17 to July 21, 2024, at Lucas Oil Stadium and the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, to foster devotion to the sacrament of the Eucharist. It was organized by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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.