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(OSV News) — In 1776, Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan missionary, dedicated a small mission church in San Francisco to St. Francis Assisi. On May 18, the mission of San Francisco de Asis, also known as Mission Dolores, will host an evening of Eucharistic adoration and prayer for the launch of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage‘s western route, named for now St. Junipero Serra.
Similar events are planned May 18-19, Pentecost weekend, at the pilgrimage’s other three launch points in Brownsville, Texas, New Haven, Connecticut, and in Northern Minnesota, as four groups of six pilgrims begin their eight-week journey. The routes’ 24 “perpetual pilgrims,” along with their priest chaplains and seven seminarians will accompany the Eucharist, exposed in a monstrance, as they travel — often on foot — across the United States.
Their itineraries include daily stops along their routes for Mass, adoration and Eucharistic processions to celebrate Jesus’ real presence. The pilgrims will converge in Indianapolis for the National Eucharistic Congress July 17-21. Information about the four routes, including details about pilgrimage events and requested participant registration, is at eucharisticpilgrimage.org.
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Similar events are planned May 18-19, Pentecost weekend, at the pilgrimage’s other three launch points in Brownsville, Texas, New Haven, Connecticut, and in Northern Minnesota, as four groups of six pilgrims begin their eight-week journey. The routes’ 24 “perpetual pilgrims,” along with their priest chaplains and seven seminarians will accompany the Eucharist, exposed in a monstrance, as they travel — often on foot — across the United States.
Their itineraries include daily stops along their routes for Mass, adoration and Eucharistic processions to celebrate Jesus’ real presence. The pilgrims will converge in Indianapolis for the National Eucharistic Congress July 17-21. Information about the four routes, including details about pilgrimage events and requested participant registration, is at eucharisticpilgrimage.org.
Southern route: Honoring St. Juan Diego
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Get ready: The Eucharistic Pilgrimage begins on May 18-19
Pilgrims traveling in "Eucharistic caravans" on four routes will begin their journeys with Pentecost weekend celebrations.
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