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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]
At the June 2021 meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Cozzens, as chair of the Evangelization Committee, announced a nationwide Eucharistic Revival to begin in 2022. He said that the revival would focus on small local units such as families. The revival would be organized on the parish, diocesan, and national levels.
Audience members listen to Father Josh Johnson as he kicks off the first revival Wednesday, July 17, 2024, during the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
In 1879, Pope Leo XIII established a committee to plan the first international Eucharistic congress. In the wake of these international congresses, national congresses sprung up in the United States. Prior to the 1941 event, there were nine other National Eucharistic Congresses in the United States, as well as two international congresses. [4]
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]
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(Reuters) -Pope Francis at the last minute skipped reading his homily during a Palm Sunday Mass for tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square but continued presiding at the service, read ...
On Dec. 20, Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Brian Burch as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Burch, the president of CatholicVote.org, has been an outspoken defender of ...