I saw it. The church in the United States has witnessed the defining moment of a generation. There’s no other way to describe it. I had high hopes for the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, but, to put it simply, Our Lord brought me to my knees in Indianapolis.
The Diocese of St. Cloud has commissioned 17 delegates to the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis July 17-21.
“When we receive Communion, we become a tabernacle of Christ and become like the host on display in the monstrance … We must now become his chosen disciples sent on a mission to carry him to everyone we meet.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
