What is the National Eucharistic Revival?
The Bishops of the United States have called for a three-year grassroots revival of devotion to 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.”
Diocesan Year of Eucharistic Revival began June 19, 2022, and continues through June 11, 2023. The three-year Eucharistic Revival had at its center a National Eucharistic Congress, the first in the United States in almost fifty years. More than 100,000 Catholics joined together in Indianapolis on July 17, 2024, for a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage toward the source and summit of our Catholic faith. We are currently in the third year of the National Revival, the Year of Mission.
An evangelizing community knows that the Lord has taken the initiative, he has loved us first, and therefore we can move forward, boldly take the initiative, go out to others, seek those who have fallen away, stand at the crossroads and welcome the outcast.
~Pope Francis
The Year of Mission calls us to Eucharistic Encounter, Eucharistic Identity, Eucharistic Life and Eucharistic Mission. A Eucharistic Missionary is any Catholic who—inspired by an encounter with Christ in the Eucharist and fueled by the Bread of Life—allows God to use them as an instrument of his grace “for the life of the world.” These missionaries embrace their deepest identity as a member of the Body of Christ and commit to living a Eucharistic life with a heart for those who are most in need, those who are lost, and those who are the “least.” They follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit to spread the Gospel by word and deed. Remember, you aren’t doing this alone. The nationwide Church is walking on mission together.
