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The National Eucharistic Revival enters its parish year on Corpus Christi, June 11, 2023. During the parish year, every Catholic in Arkansas will be invited to participate in local activities focused on bringing each person into a deeper encounter with Christ in the Eucharist that transforms life.
Stories will continue adding to this section through June 14, 2023.
One would guess that most saints would have a devotion to the Eucharist, but here are 10 saints to learn more about and ask to intercede for us during the National Eucharistic Revival.
Blessed Carlo Acutis
Born in 1991, Blessed Carlo Acutis was a young Italian boy who had a great love for Jesus in the Eucharist. This millennial is most known for his devotion to the Eucharist, for he documented all known Eucharistic miracles and even More... 
Adorers in Arkansas say eucharistic adoration is a good practice for spiritual growth during the National Eucharistic Revival.
St. John Paul II called for revitalizing eucharistic adoration in all Catholic churches in his 2003 encyclical, Ecclesia de Eucharistia.
“That’s when I became really involved,” said Jenny Gates, an adorer for the past 19 years at Immaculate Conception Church in North Little Rock.
Many adorers like Gates have kept their weekly adoration commitment for more than a decade.
Greg Blacklaw More...
The parish year of the Eucharistic Revival begins on the feast of Corpus Christi, Sunday, June 11.
During the parish year, every Catholic in Arkansas will be invited to participate in local activities focused on bringing each person into a deeper encounter with Christ in the Eucharist that transforms life.
The parish year consists of four areas, called pillars, in which every Catholic is invited to gain a deeper relationship with Christ in the Eucharist. The four More...
You may be familiar with something called the “Five Love Languages.” If you aren’t, they are:
Words of affirmation
Acts of service
Gifts
Physical touch
Quality time
Based on a book by Gary Chapman, these “love languages” are perhaps most commonly applied to romantic relationships. But they can really extend to all relationships: siblings, parents, children, friends, coworkers, etc.
The basic gist is that each of us tends to gravitate toward one of these “languages” as the primary means of how we More...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Mike Wavra thinks of the 2024 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage as "an opportunity to walk with the Lord."
He and his wife Cindi, both 65-year-old retirees, plan to join the pilgrimage at its northern launch point in Minnesota in May 2024, and then walk for about a week before rejoining the pilgrims seven weeks later in Indianapolis for the 10th National Eucharistic Congress.
The Wavras are among thousands of Catholics from across the United More...
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