ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES TO HOST FINAL STOP OF 2025 NATIONAL EUCHARISITIC PILGRIMAGE FROM INDIANAPOLIS, IN TO LOS ANGELES, CA
July 21, 2024  |  By:   |  Press Releases  |  

—The announcement was made at the closing Mass of the historic National Eucharistic Congress where approximately 60K Catholics gathered to celebrate their faith in Christ—

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – At the close of the historic 10th National Eucharistic Congress (NEC), where approximately 60,000 Catholics gathered for a five-day mega celebration of the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, organizers announced a second national pilgrimage to take place in 2025 from Indianapolis to Los Angeles on the Feast of Corpus Christi on June 22. The NEC was the culmination of this year’s Eucharistic Pilgrimage which was organized into four routes traveling through the country’s western, southern, eastern, and midwestern regions ending in Indianapolis in time for the start of the Congress July 17.

Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis and lead organizer of the NEC, announced that plans are in the works for the second pilgrimage. Bishop Cozzens explained that the decision for a second national pilgrimage came from a discussion among organizers to “continue to do the smaller things that we’ve done” during the National Eucharistic Revival launched by the U.S. bishops three years to encourage greater devotion and belief in the Eucharist among Catholics.

He announced at the end of the Congress’ closing Mass telling the tens of thousands in Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium that “Archbishop [José H.] Gomez has already said that he would welcome all of you for Corpus Christi Sunday in Los Angeles in 2025.” His announcement was greeted with applause and cheers.

“We’ve witnessed the Spirit alive and moving with power through the Eucharistic Congress this week,” said Archbishop Gomez. “It’s clear that the revival of Eucharistic wonder, awe, and adoration in our land has begun and will continue to grow in the years ahead.”

Archbishop Gomez was joined in Indianapolis for the July 17-21 Congress by five auxiliary bishops, a dozen priests and more than 200 faithful from 60 parishes from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

“We leave Indianapolis today with a new commitment to walking with Jesus and inviting our brothers and sisters back to Mass and the beautiful encounter with the love of God,” he told Angelus, the Archdiocese’s multimedia magazine. For more information on the Eucharistic Revival events in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles visit https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/eucharistic-procession-san-gabriel-mission/. 

This National Eucharistic Congress was the first of its kind in 83 years. The last Congress took place in 1941. The next Congress will take place in 2033, marking the “year of redemption,” which will mark the 2000th anniversary of the redemption won by the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

For more information, livestreaming, videos and photos of the LA’s delegation to the NEC visit: https://lacatholics.org/live-from-national-eucharistic-congress/.

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