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The Diocese of Evansville includes all or part of 12 counties in Southwestern Indiana. While located within the diocese, St. Meinrad Archabbey is part of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. As of 2014, the diocese had a population of 90,800 Catholics (17.8% of the 510,626 total population) in 69 parishes (grouped into four deaneries) and four ...
The first International Eucharistic Congress owed its inspiration to Bishop Gaston de Ségur, and was held at Lille, France, on June 21, 1881.The initial inspiration behind the idea came from the laywoman Marie-Marthe-Baptistine Tamisier who lobbied clergy following the French Revolution in an effort to restore religiosity and Eucharistic devotion to France. [3]
The last national congress to occur prior to the 2024 congress was the Ninth National Eucharistic Congress in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1941. While there had been national congresses about every five years prior to the ninth congress, the outbreak of World War II halted the gatherings. [ 4 ]
In the Catholic Church, a Eucharistic congress is a gathering of clergy, religious, and laity to bear witness to the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, which is an important Catholic doctrine. Congresses bring together people from a wide area, and typically involve large open-air Masses , Eucharistic adoration ( Blessed Sacrament ), and ...
Audience members listen to Father Josh Johnson as he kicks off the first revival Wednesday, July 17, 2024, during the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
10th National Eucharistic Congress (United States) This page was last edited on 20 July 2024, at 01:42 (UTC). Text is ...
Thousands of Catholics walked through downtown Indy for the Eucharistic procession. Over 50,000 came to partake in the National Eucharistic Congress.
The congress was born out of the Priests' Eucharistic League in the United States, who planned to hold their 1930 national convention in Omaha. However, after deliberation and hoping to capitalize on the success of the greatly successful 28th International Eucharistic Congress in Chicago, it was decided that the gathering should not just be a convention of league members but a full Eucharistic ...