Presiding over the closing Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress Sept. 12, the pope urged people to make time for eucharistic adoration.
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Minnesota parishioner recalls 1941 National Eucharistic Congress
The Pontifical Mass for Children at the Ninth National Eucharistic Congress was held at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds grandstand in St. Paul, the event drew 14,000 upper grade school students from Catholic schools throughout the Twin Cities and suburbs.
Pope ‘moved’ by registry of nighttime adoration he attended
An old photo shows the pope’s participation in adoration as a young man between 1954 and 1955, when he was 18-19 years old.