Hundreds Gather on River's Edge as National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Sails Into Dubuque

Hundreds gather on river's edge as National Eucharistic Pilgrimage sails into Dubuque

As a houseboat sailed into the Port of Dubuque on Friday afternoon, the yellow-and-white flag of Vatican City fluttering on its prow, hundreds of people quietly knelt on the riverbank.

With blessings by land, air and water, 2025 Eucharistic pilgrimage begins

(OSV News) — In their first week of pilgrimage, eight young adults witnessed a bishop blessing his diocese with the Blessed Sacrament via helicopter, visited key sites in the life of sainthood-tracked Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, and boated across the Mississippi River from Illinois to Iowa — all in the company of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. The 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage launched May 18 from St. John the Evangelist Church in Indiana…