National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Archives

June 2, 2024

Follow The Catholic Spirit's ongoing coverage as the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage moves through the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis May 24-31.

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The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage exits the Archdiocese of St. Paul Minneapolis and enters the Diocese of Winona-Rochester

May 31, 2024

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage (NEP) exited the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis May 31, concluding hundreds of miles of pilgrimage with thousands of people and more than 35 stops over seven days, some of them not on the public schedule.

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The Catholic Project to host panel on dating at National Eucharistic Congress

May 31, 2024

The Catholic Project, an initiative of The Catholic University of America, will host a panel on Catholic dating July 19 at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis.

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Stories of conversion, ‘amazing’ encounters mark National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s first 10 days

May 31, 2024

As a Eucharistic procession made its way May 28 through Victoria, Texas, a 20-something man sitting on the side of a street caught Charlie McCullough's attention. McCullough stopped to talk with him, explaining what was going on: The procession was part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage en route to Indianapolis for the National Eucharistic Congress, and the Eucharist they were walking behind is really, truly Jesus.

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Hymns in Spanish greet National Eucharistic Pilgrimage at Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Paul

May 28, 2024

People participating in the Marian Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage (NEP) visited Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Paul on May 28. They were met with Spanish praise and worship and a line-up of kneeling parishioners, many of whom were Latino.

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National Eucharistic Pilgrimage visits Minnesota State Capitol, offers prayers for legislators

May 28, 2024

Pilgrims on the northern Marian route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage (NEP) processed from the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul to the Minnesota State Capitol building May 28, where Father Joseph Bambenek, director of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ Office for the Renewal of Structures, prayed for Minnesota legislators with a group of about 20 pilgrims.

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Stop along Source and Summit procession draws families, others

May 27, 2024

As the Source and Summit procession embarked from The St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul along Summit Avenue May 27, Catholics also gathered on the front steps of St. Thomas More in St. Paul, one of the designated stops along the procession route.

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Historic Eucharistic procession on Summit Avenue draws over 7,000

May 27, 2024

Despite predictions for thunderstorms, the sun shone as roughly 7,000 pilgrims processed down Summit Avenue in St. Paul on the 4.5-mile “Source and Summit Eucharistic Procession” from The St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul to the Cathedral of St. Paul on May 27.

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National Eucharistic Pilgrimage enters the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis

May 24, 2024

The northern Marian route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage (NEP) entered the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis May 24 at St. Albert in Albertville, where Archbishop Bernard Hebda and Father Joe Zabinski, pastor of St. Albert, received the monstrance carrying the Eucharist from the Diocese of St. Cloud in the pilgrimage van.

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Minnesota Eucharistic Congress kicks off Marian Route

May 20, 2024

“I think one of the best bits of spiritual advice I could give to everyone here is: Stay close to the fire,” Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester told more than 3,000 Catholics gathered at the Sanford Center in Bemidji May 17. “Stay close. Stay close to the light and to the fire.”

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National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s eastern route kicks off: ‘We walk together as the body of Christ’

May 20, 2024

Under a cold drizzle, scores of Catholics in New Haven sang and prayed while following the Eucharistic Jesus in procession. This May 18 display of faith marked the first Eucharistic procession of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage's eastern route.

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National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s southern route starts with joyful witness amid Mass, processions

May 20, 2024

In the morning of Pentecost at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Brownsville, Texas, a large group of Catholics gathered to participate in a solemn Mass that launched the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage's Juan Diego Route.

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