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Pope Francis - Holding the Monstrance
USA Eucharistic Conference
July 17, 2024

Peter Caracci



Pontificate of Pope Francis 2023: Holding the monstrance
Scott #1853
Issued: 02/19/2024
Face Value: €3.20


A coming together of three Eucharistic events will be taking place in Indianapolis from July 17, 2024 to July 21, 2024. With the encouragement of Pope Francis, who expressed the need for Catholics to recover a feeling of wonder and reverential knowledge that the Eucharist is “the real and loving presence of the Lord”, it is his hope that this National Conference would be a revival of this truth in the United States.

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which started on May 18th, is a procession of carrying the Eucharist on four routes:
  • The Marian Route, which started in Lake Itasca, MN
  • The St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Route, which started in New Haven, CT
  • The St. Juan Diego Route, which started in Brownsville, TX, and
  • The St. Junipera Serra Route,which started in San Francisco.

    The four routes symbolize the cross of Christ.

    As an example, the procession passed through Philadelphia from Thursday, May 30th through Monday June 3rd There were visits and walks to 10 churches in the Archdiocese. Each day contained morning, afternoon and evening prayer services, as well as a daily Mass. Permanent pilgrimage, mostly young people, then moved on to another location with the ultimate goal of reaching Indianapolis for the Conference. In Philadelphia there are two permanent individuals who have taken on the full 61-day pilgrimage.

    The National Eucharistic Revival Congress started in 2020 with the goal of revitalizing Eucharistic adoration, which gives strength, healing, and evangelizing power. The four pillars of the movement are:
    1) CREATED – You are not an accident; God loves you simply because you are you
    2) FALLEN – The original harmony between us and God was shattered when sin entered the world
    3) SAVED – God loves us so much that he became man and died for us. Christ’s sacrifice and victory transcends space and time, and it is made present on the altar at every Mass
    4) RESTORED – Jesus has opened the door. He nourishes us, offering himself as “our daily bread”.
    The umbrella and main events are during the National Eucharistic Congress (July 17th-21st, 2024) in Indianapolis. The last National Eucharistic Congress in the United States was in 1941, 83 years ago. In 1976, the 41st International Eucharistic Congress was held in Philadelphia, PA. Those in attendance included Cardinal Karol Wojtyla (the future Pope John Paul II), Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Dorothy Day. Some of the speakers for the 2024 National Conference will be Cardinal Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the Unites States, Bishop Robert Barron of the Winona-Rochester diocese, Father Michael Schmitz, Sister Josephine Garret and others.

    The main mission of the Congress is to announce to all that the Eucharist is truly the body and blood of Christ: a Christ who suffered and died for our sins; a Christ who gives hope, healing and peace to all; and a Christ that through the Eucharist comes a contentment that the world with all of its amusements cannot give.

    References:
  • National Eucharistic Conference website
  • Eucharistic Conference CNA