Maria Wiering

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Editor at The Catholic Spirit

Senior Writer at OSV News

Catholic journalist in Minneapolis-St. Paul; OSV News senior writer

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For 3-year National Eucharistic Revival, the end is the beginning

1 week ago | catholicreview.org | Maria Wiering

The National Eucharistic Revival is formally slated to end June 22, this year’s feast of Corpus Christi. But, the three-year initiative — which included last year’s 10th National Eucharistic Congress and the 2024 and 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimages — laid the groundwork for more efforts to come, its leaders say. “The beauty of the revival is that the whole church in the United States focused on the Eucharist for a few years, and I do believe that had a powerful impact,” said Bishop Andrew H.
For 3-year National Eucharistic Revival, the end is the beginning

1 week ago | news.diocesetucson.org | Maria Wiering

(OSV News) -- The National Eucharistic Revival is formally slated to end June 22, this year's feast of Corpus Christi. But, the three-year initiative -- which included last year's 10th National Eucharistic Congress and the 2024 and 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimages -- laid the groundwork for more efforts to come, its leaders say.
For 3-year National Eucharistic Revival, the end is the beginning

1 week ago | nwcatholic.org | Maria Wiering

WASHINGTON — The National Eucharistic Revival is formally slated to end June 22, this year’s feast of Corpus Christi. But, the three-year initiative — which included last year’s 10th National Eucharistic Congress and the 2024 and 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimages — laid the groundwork for more efforts to come, its leaders say.
For 3-year National Eucharistic Revival, the end is the beginning

1 week ago | osvnews.com | Maria Wiering

3 The National Eucharistic Congress Inc. nonprofit formed in 2022 to support the bishops’ vision for the congress and accompanying National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, with several bishops on its board and Bishop Cozzens as its chairman. The organization has been a key collaborator for the revival as a whole, and “they’re poised now to carry forward the work of Eucharistic renewal,” said David Spesia, executive director of the USCCB’s Secretariat of Evangelization and Catechesis.
Texas prisoners' witness of faith makes prison visit 'a highlight' of Eucharistic pilgrimage

2 weeks ago | oursundayvisitor.com | Maria Wiering

The pilgrims had hoped to have conversations with the men, but once they arrived, a prison chaplain told them to avoid extended interactions with the inmates. No names, she said. Don’t shake hands. Unsure of what to expect, they processed with the Eucharist in a monstrance into the prison’s gymnasium, where around 100 men were seated. The pilgrims were directed to an opposite wall, unable to interact with the inmates. The monstrance was placed on a temporary altar, and a Holy Hour began.
Texas prisoners' witness of faith makes prison visit 'a highlight' of Eucharistic pilgrimage

2 weeks ago | osvnews.com | Maria Wiering

8 The pilgrims had hoped to have conversations with the men, but once they arrived, a prison chaplain told them to avoid extended interactions with the inmates. No names, she said. Don’t shake hands. Unsure of what to expect, they processed with the Eucharist in a monstrance into the prison’s gymnasium, where around 100 men were seated. The pilgrims were directed to an opposite wall, unable to interact with the inmates. The monstrance was placed on a temporary altar, and a Holy Hour began.
Texas prison visit 'a highlight' of Eucharistic pilgrimage

2 weeks ago | angelusnews.com | Maria Wiering |Justin Mclellan |Scott Hahn |Ann Rodgers

The eight young adults traveling the full route of this year's National Eucharistic Pilgrimage had expected to witness their faith to inmates of James Lynaugh Prison Unit near Fort Stockton, Texas, during their June 9 visit. Instead, those inmates showed their faith to them. "That was probably a highlight of the pilgrimage," said Ace Acuña, one of the "perpetual pilgrims" journeying with the Eucharist from Indianapolis to Los Angeles.
National pilgrimage leaders urge large procession turnouts to counter anti-Catholic protesters

3 weeks ago | thebostonpilot.com | Maria Wiering |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra |Jenna Cooper

Your browser does not support the audio element. (OSV News) -- Catholics are encouraged to turn out in strong numbers for the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage's Eucharistic processions to counter the growing number of anti-Catholic protesters who have afflicted the route's public events from the first week. "We need to be there. We need to show up for Jesus," said Jason Shanks, president of National Eucharistic Congress Inc. "This is the Way-of-the-Cross type of pilgrimage.
National pilgrimage carries the Eucharist to cathedrals and through fields

3 weeks ago | stlouisreview.com | Maria Wiering

A Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wichita, Kansas, to remember 67 victims of the Jan. 29 air collision in Washington was celebrated on May 28 as part of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. The American Airlines-operated flight that collided with a U.S. Army helicopter over the Potomac River had originated in Wichita.
Archbishop Gomez: Why priests need to be missionaries

3 weeks ago | angelusnews.com | Elise Ann Allen |Maria Wiering

On May 31, Archbishop Gomez ordained eight new priests at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. The following is adapted from his homily. Every ordination is a sign of God’s love for his people, a sign that the Lord is with us till the end of the age, that his Spirit is alive and working in his Church. These eight men that we ordain today have heard the Lord’s voice and answered his call, they have left behind their old lives to follow him and to be fathers and priests for his people.