What It’s Like to Be a Chaplain On the Road With the Body of Christ

What it’s like to be a chaplain on the road with the body of Christ

Father Michael Herlihey, OFM Cap, one of three chaplains serving pilgrims along the Drexel Route, blesses children following the opening Mass of the 2025 Eucharistic Pilgrimage in Indianpolis on May 18, 2025. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno Washington,... [...]

What It’s Like to Be a Chaplain On the Road With the Body of Christ

Jeffrey Bruno Capuchin Father Michael Herlihey, one of three chaplains serving pilgrims along the Drexel Route, blesses children following the opening Mass of the 2025 Eucharistic Pilgrimage in Indianpolis on May 18, 2025. As eight young adults accompany the Blessed Sacrament across the United States, Franciscan chaplains offer daily spiritual support and sacraments.

Texas prisoners' witness of faith makes prison visit 'a highlight' of Eucharistic pilgrimage

(OSV News) — The eight young adults traveling the full route of this year’s National Eucharistic Pilgrimage had expected to witness their faith to inmates of James Lynaugh Prison Unit near Fort Stockton, Texas, during their June 9 visit. Instead, those inmates showed their faith to them. “That was probably a highlight of the pilgrimage,” said Ace Acuña, one of the “perpetual pilgrims” journeying with the Eucharist from Indianapolis to Los Angele…

Texas prisoners' witness of faith makes prison visit 'a highlight' of eucharistic pilgrimage - Catholic Review

The eight young adults traveling the full route of this year’s National Eucharistic Pilgrimage had expected to witness their faith to inmates of James Lynaugh Prison Unit near Fort Stockton, Texas, during their June 9 visit. Instead, those inmates showed their faith to them. “That was probably a highlight of the pilgrimage,” said Ace Acuña, one of the “perpetual pilgrims” journeying with the Eucharist from Indianapolis to Los Angeles. The pilgri…

What it’s like to be a chaplain on the road with the Body of Christ - Biweekly Newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond %

While locals are joining in on parts of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage as it winds its way across the country, eight young Catholics have dedicated the last three weeks to traveling the entire route with the Eucharist as “Perpetual Pilgrims” — and accompanying them are seven chaplains who take turns to serve as their spiritual guides. Maria Benes, director of pilgrims for the National Eucharistic Congress, told CNA that there are five …