National Eucharistic Pilgrimage

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

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

A couple holds hands as they cycle in Cambridge, Mass., June 15, 2017. The Catholic Project, an initiative of The Catholic University of America in Washington, will host a panel on Catholic dating on July 19, 2024, at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis called "Catholic Dating: Why Is It So Hard?"

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

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.

 

Bishop Robert J. Brennan of Brooklyn, N.Y., carries the monstrance while leading a Eucharistic procession across the Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn from Manhattan on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage's Seton (East) Route May 26, 2024.

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

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.

 

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

Bishop Joseph Williams, foreground, kneels with others May 28 before the Blessed Sacrament at Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Paul.

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.

 

Father Joseph Bambenek pauses in front of the Minnesota State Capitol to pray for state lawmakers as he leads a group of about 20 pilgrims in a procession May 28 as part of the Marian Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.

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

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.

 

The Source and Summit procession stops at St. Thomas More in St. Paul along its route from The St. Paul Seminary to the Cathedral of St. Paul May 27.

Stop along ‘Source and Summit’ procession draws families, others

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.

On the steps of the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Father John Ubel, rector of the Cathedral, holds the Eucharist in a monstrance as those participating in the procession prepare to go inside for the final Benediction.

Historic Eucharistic procession on Summit Avenue draws over 7,000

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.

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

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.

Archbishop Bernard Hebda was the principal celebrant at Mass on the second day of the congress

Minnesota Eucharistic Congress kicks off Marian Route

“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.”

Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., blesses pilgrims with the Eucharist at the headwaters of the Mississippi River May 19 for the launch of the Marian Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., blesses pilgrims with the Eucharist at the headwaters of the Mississippi River May 19 for the launch of the Marian Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.

Northern pilgrimage begins with a call to holiness and an intimate walk in the woods with Jesus

In full vestments and flanked by pines, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens held high the Eucharist in a golden monstrance, making the sign of the cross over the stream that flowed gently from the placid lake behind him.


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National Eucharistic Pilgrimage: Marian Route

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