As people of faith, we know that our hope is found not in political parties or their candidates but in Jesus Christ and his church. So, instead of dreading the first Tuesday in November and the inevitably contentious lead-up, here are five events Catholics can anticipate with joy this calendar year.
Five events in 2024 to help us be better Catholics
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage connects Catholics across U.S. to 2024 Congress
Thousands of Catholics from across the United States are anticipated to participate in next year’s pilgrimage to the National Eucharistic Congress, part of the U.S. bishops’ three-year National Eucharistic Revival that began in 2021.
At prayer breakfast, Catholics challenged to assist Ukraine, mothers and children post-Dobbs
U.S. Catholics should urge their lawmakers to continue to help the people of Ukraine fend off Russia’s invasion of their country, Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia told attendees of the 18th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast March 14.
Eucharistic revival has ‘incredible momentum,’ bishop says
The ultimate goal, said Bishop Andrew Cozzens, is that “this encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist” will move Catholics who have been part of this experience to be missionary disciples who would in turn lead others to the faith.
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.