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National Eucharistic Pilgrimage makes a second stop in the diocese

On June 20, the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s perpetual pilgrims on the St. Juan Diego Route stopped at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville to participate in the shrine’s monthly Adoration Sodality Day of Recollection. Under a cloudless sky, the flowers were in bloom throughout the shrine’s 400-acre property as the pilgrims led a procession from the shrine's Lourdes Grotto, past the Eucharistic Gardens, through the Great Hall of the Castle of San Miguel, then directly into the main church for a Eucharistic Healing Service. Most certainly, the day exemplified the motto “Adoremus in Aeternum Sanctissimum Sacramentum (Let us adore forever, the Most Blessed Sacrament),” which just so happens to be the motto of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration who inhabit Our Lady of Angels Monastery adjoining the shrine. From the shrine the pilgrims will travel through Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana before arriving in Indianapolis for the 10th National Eucharistic Congress, July 17-21.