National Eucharistic Revival 2022-2025

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The Bishops of the United States (USCCB) are calling for a three-year grassroots revival of devotion and belief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.

They believe that God wants to see a movement of Catholics across the United States, healed, converted, formed, and unified by an encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist—and sent out in mission “for the life of the world.” The three years will focus on different levels of Church life and include the first National Eucharistic Congress in the United States in almost fifty years.

Mission and Vision

The mission of the Eucharistic Revival is to renew the Church by enkindling a living relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist.

Their vision is a movement of Catholics across the United States, healed, converted, formed, and unified by an encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist - and sent out in mission "for the life of the world."

Goals

This Eucharistic Revival seeks to bring together clergy, religious, laity, apostolates, movements, and parish and diocesan leaders to spur momentum, collaboration, and lasting impact for the renewal of the Catholic Church in the U.S. Grounded in prayer and responding to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the National Eucharistic Revival has four primary goals:

  • To provide a more profound encounter with Jesus Christ in the Sunday liturgy as a point of unity among all Catholics, and through this powerful encounter, to find personal healing and courage to take the Gospel to a world in need of authentic love – the love of Christ found in the Eucharist.
  • To spark personal conversions through the joyful discovery of a relationship with Christ by encountering the love of God present in Jesus in the Eucharist.
  • To elevate the truth and practices of our Catholic faith through the rediscovery of the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
  • To form, inspire, and launch missionary disciples, filled with love of God and neighbor that comes from an encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist, to the margins of the Church and the world

Our Timeline

June 2022 - June 11, 2023

  • Begins on the Feast of Corpus Christi with the neophyte Mass and a eucharistic procession at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland
  • Work with parish and Catholic school leaders to "prepare the soil"
  • Regional Parish Leader Days on the Real Presence (Fall 2022)
  • Regional Evenings for Catechists (March 2023)

June 11, 2023 - July 17, 2024

  • Local efforts with and for parishioners to awaken eucharistic amazement
  • Encourage participation in the National Eucharistic Congress

July 17 - July 21, 2024

  • National Eucharistic Congress held in Indianapolis, Indiana

July 17, 2024 - June 8, 2025 (Pentecost)

  • The focus of the year will be on individuals and families going out on mission, motivated by the love of Christ encountered in the Eucharist and equipped through the Catholic community.
  • Anticipated Eucharistic Congress in Maine to coincide with the 2025 Jubilee Year "Pilgrims of Hope"

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