BE A PART OF HISTORY and join thousands of like-minded high-school students at the first National Eucharistic Congress in 83 years!
Diocesan Youth Pilgrimage
Date: July 16-22, 2024
Projected Registration Cost: $875
Registration Includes:
All travel, lodging, breakfasts, Congress admission, t-shirts & an overnight visit to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI
Interested students!
Contact your parish youth minister for registration information.
July 16
Depart from Rapid City and arrive in Indianapolis
Day 1 of the National Eucharistic Congress
Theme: From the Four Corners
As the Congress begins, the four branches of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage will converge at the venue in a powerful symbol of unity.
Then—gathered as one Church—we will present our wounded and imperfect hearts to the triune God who loves us. Just as he did on the road to Emmaus, Our Lord will listen to our worries and reveal himself once more in the breaking of the bread.
July 17
July 18
Day 2 of the National Eucharistic Congress
Theme: The Greatest Love Story
During this first full day of the Congress, participants will receive a clear kerygmatic proclamation that invites them into intimate relationship with the person of Jesus Christ.
Together, we will have the opportunity to respond to this call in the celebration of the Eucharist. Then we will uncover how the story of our lives can be truly understood within the context of salvation history—the greatest love story ever told.
Day 3 of the National Eucharistic Congress
Theme: Into Gethsemane
Today, our eyes will be opened to the effects of sin and the healing that Our Lord wants to give us. On the individual level, there will be opportunities for the healing of the whole person, including physical healing, psychological wounds, and spiritual sin. On the corporate level, the Congress will recognize the areas where we’ve failed as a Church and the repentance and healing needed to unify the Body of Christ.
As we are purified and restored, our hearts will burn with renewed zeal.
July 19
July 20
Day 4 of the National Eucharistic Congress
Theme: This Is My Body
In the Acts of the Apostles, St. Luke recounts that the disciples “devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers” (Acts 2:42). Using the early Church as a model, this day will build up participants as disciples through Jesus Christ to live out the Gospel in their love of both God and neighbor.
Day 5 of the National Eucharistic Congress / Depart Indianapolis and arrive in La Crosse, WI
Theme: To the Ends of the Earth
Pope Francis said the Eucharist is “a summons to go forth, as missionaries, to bring the message of the Father’s tenderness, forgiveness and mercy to every man, woman and child.” Throughout the history of the Church, the Holy Spirit has empowered the Church to go to the ends of the earth to share the good news.
On this last day of the Congress, we will be commissioned to go out into the world as missionary disciples as we enter the third year of the National Eucharistic Revival: the Year of Mission.
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Overnight stay in La Crosse, WI to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe the next morning.
July 21
July 22
Visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI / depart from La Crosse and arrive back in Rapid City
Will you join us?
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