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SPEAKERS FOR THE EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS
Congress attendees will be equipped and inspired
through powerful plenary sessions and edifying breakouts
across five unique tracks.
These powerful, unitive experiences
will be led by some of
the Church’s most trusted voices and on-fire experts.
Click the link below to see who they are:
MEET THE SPEAKERS FOR THE
EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS
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American Eucharistic Witnesses:
A Priest for the Body of Christ
—Venerable Augustus Tolton
Born into slavery and baptized in northeast Missouri in 1854,
Augustus Tolton’s early life was traumatic.
His father escaped to join the Union army
after the Battle of Fort Sumter in 1861.
A year later, when his mother Martha Jane
hadn’t heard from her husband,
she courageously made her own escape from slavery.
Carrying a twenty-month-old baby girl in her arms,
and with her two sons Charles and Augustus by her side,
she plunged into the night toward freedom.
Hiding by day, moving by night, and praying with every terrified breath,
they made their way to the North.
At one point accosted by slave catchers…
Click below to read the rest of Bishop Joseph Perry’s
essay on Ven. Augustus Tolton,
the first native Black U.S. priest who ministered
to anyone and everyone
—Black or white—
who came to him seeking the grace and mercy of God,
offering his whole heart in service
to the Mystical Body of Christ.
ESSAY ON VEN. AUGUSTUS TOLTON
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Hear from Our Music Competition Winners!
Real Presence Live recently interviewed
Kathleen Pluth and Diane Mahoney,
winners of our Eucharistic Revival Music Competition.
As we eagerly await the release of their winning hymn (Pluth)
and theme song (Mahoney),
get to know these faithful women
who have shared their gift of music
to help the whole Church sing praise to our Eucharistic Lord!
Listen to Kathleen's:
LISTEN TO KATHLEEN'S
Listen to Diane's:
LISTEN TO DIANE'S
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In the Streets
Another major moment in the Revival:
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
one of the largest Eucharistic pilgrimages in history!
We will process with our Eucharistic Lord on 4 routes,
departing from our nation's north, south, east, and west edges.
These branches will meet in Indianapolis in July 2024
for the National Eucharistic Congress.
To see the four routes, and intercessor for each, click below:
NATIONAL EUCHARISTIC PILGRIMAGE ROUTES
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The Eucharist and the Sacred Heart:
A Prayer after Communion
By St. John Henry Newman
Most Sacred, most loving Heart of Jesus,
You are concealed in the Holy Eucharist,
And you beat for us still.
Now, as then, you say: “With desire I have desired.”
I worship you with all my best love and awe,
With fervent affection,
With my most subdued, most resolved will.
For a while you take up your abode within me.
O make my heart beat with your Heart!
Purify it of all that is earthly,
All that is proud and sensual,
All that is hard and cruel,
Of all perversity,
Of all disorder,
Of all deadness.
So fill it with you,
That neither the events of the day,
Nor the circumstances of the time,
May have the power to ruffle it;
But that in your love and your fear,
It may have peace.
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