Photos featured this week are from the opening days of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage around the country.
Pilgrims process in a 12-mile walk from Laporte to Walker, Minn., along the Paul Bunyan State Trail during the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage May 20, 2024. (OSV News photo/Courtney Meyer)
Pilgrims follow Bishop Daniel E. Flores as he carries the monstrance through the streets of Brownsville, Texas, May 19 from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to Sacred Heart Mission. The procession kicks off the St. Juan Diego Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. (OSV News photo/Tom McCarthy)
Archbishop Christopher J. Coyne of Hartford, Conn., holds his crosier as he participates in a Eucharistic procession in New Haven, Conn., May 18, 2024. The procession and Mass that proceeded it at St. Mary’s Church marked the beginning of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s Seton Route. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, courtesy of Knights of Columbus)
Pilgrims following a monstrance being towed on a trailer make their way through the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, along the St. Juan Diego Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, May 19, 2024. (OSV News photo/Tom McCarthy)
People look on as San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone blesses the city and pilgrims after leading a procession across the Golden Gate Bridge May 19, 2024. The event was celebrated for the western route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, during which pilgrims from across the United States will travel with the Eucharist for the next eight weeks on their way to the National Eucharistic Congress, scheduled for July 17-21, 2024, in Indianapolis. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
People pray as the Eucharistic travels by boat from New Haven to Bridgeport, Conn., May 19, 2024, as part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. (OSV News photo/Paul Haring)
Father Roger Landry and pilgrims pray as a boat transporting the Eucharist from New Haven, Conn., arrives at the harbor in Bridgeport, Conn., May 19, 2024. The procession was a part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. (OSV News photo/Paul Haring)
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone elevates the monstrance as he blesses the city and pilgrims after crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco May 19, 2024. The event began the western route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, during which pilgrims from across the United States will travel with the Eucharist for the next eight weeks on their way to the July 17-21 National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)
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