CV NEWS FEED // Pilgrims accompanying the Blessed Sacrament on the four routes of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage have now been traveling for one month, visiting several dioceses and participating in events across the country.
According to an emailed news release from the National Eucharistic Congress, the northern Marian route is now in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. So far, the pilgrims have spent time at Camp Tekakwitha in the Diocese of Green Bay and participated in a Eucharistic procession at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, the only national shrine in the U.S. that is the site of an approved Marian apparition.
The pilgrims have also assisted in service projects along the way. In the next week, the pilgrims will participate in another Eucharistic procession on the trails of the Catholic Ecology Center in Neosho on June 20, and attend Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee on June 23, with another procession to follow.
The eastern Seton route has arrived in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the thirteenth diocese it has traveled through since starting in the Archdiocese of Hartford. The pilgrims recently undertook a 15-mile Eucharistic procession from Midland to Beaver Falls, and are looking forward to upcoming events, including an event on the Ohio River in Steubenville on June 23 and a June 24 Mass in the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Wheeling, West Virginia.
In the south, the Juan Diego route has made its way to the Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama. In the Diocese of Biloxi, Alabama, the pilgrims attended a blessing of the sea as hurricane season began. The Archdiocese of Mobile hosted an Archdiocesan Day of Eucharistic Encounter that was attended by the pilgrims and hundreds of other Catholics.
Pilgrims on the Juan Diego route will attend an Adoration Sodality Day of Recollection on June 20 in Hanceville, Alabama at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, which was founded by Mother Angelica—also the foundress of EWTN. The pilgrims will also attend Mass and participate in a Eucharistic Procession at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta, Georgia on June 23.
The western Serra Route is now in the Archdiocese of Lincoln, Nebraska. Prior to arriving in the Archdiocese, pilgrims attended the Nebraskaland Days Field Mass in North Platte, which was part of the official state celebration of Nebraska, a tradition since 1965.
Bishop Joseph Hanefeldt of Grand Island and Bishop James Conley of Lincoln led a Eucharistic procession at an elementary school in North Platte as well.
The pilgrims on the Serra route will attend several more events in the next few days, including a Eucharistic procession from the Diocese of Lincoln to the Archdiocese of Omaha on June 21, and another Eucharistic procession from the Archdiocese of Omaha to the Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa, on June 23.
