National Eucharistic Pilgrimage came ashore in Burlington Wednesday

With blessings by land, air and water, 2025 Eucharistic pilgrimage gets underway

In their first week of pilgrimage, eight young adults witnessed a bishop bless his diocese with the Eucharist via helicopter, visited key sites in Archbishop Sheen's life, and boated across the Mississippi River -- all in the company of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage came ashore in Burlington Wednesday

A boat carrying Bishop Louis Tylka, the head of the Peoria Diocese of the Catholic Church and the consecrated host, the representation of the body of and blood of Jesus Christ, made its way across the Mississippi River and landed…