First Full Day of National Eucharistic Congress Makes Powerful Impact
| 07/19/2024
By: Mary Shovlain
After Wednesday evening’s opening ceremonies for the National Eucharistic Congress, Thursday marked the first full day of events for the 50,000 attendees.
The day began with pilgrims making their way to Indianapolis’s Lucas Oil Stadium for the opening Mass celebrated by Cardinal Dolan.
The arena, which is normally full of cheering football and basketball fans, was now packed with Catholics from all over the country celebrating the source and summit of our faith, the Most Holy Eucharist.
In his homily, Cardinal Dolan said recovering the centrality of Sunday Mass has to be the resolve of this Congress, saying, “as Pope Francis has repeated, no Eucharist, no Church.”
Sister Theresa Docherty, OP, devoted nearly 50 years to Catholic education across the Bronx, Carmel, Peekskill, and Sparkill, touching generations of students with quiet grace before entering eternal life on July 24, 2026, at age 88.
By:
The Good Newsroom
| 08/01/2026
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In his video today, Cardinal Dolan explains a phrase coined by St. Alphonsus Liguori, founder of the Redemptorists.
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Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan
| 08/01/2026
In his homily from this morning’s Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Fr. Enrique Salvo reflects on the Gospel in light of the words of St. Alphonsus Liguori, whose feast we celebrate today.