EDITORIAL: Pope Francis reminded us of an irreplaceable, foundational element that is often overlooked — or even derided — in our implementation of the Great Commission: the need for prayer and, ...
Eucharistic adoration—a practice with roots in the medieval church—is now an integral part of ministry to young Catholics. It has become a staple of youth retreats and campus ministry activities, ...
“The 177 Project” (The177Project.com), an initiative of Adoration Artists, is visiting 177 Latin Rite dioceses whose bishops are part of the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops in the U.S. and Virgin ...
VATICAN CITY-- For seven centuries, Eucharistic adoration—praying before an exposed consecrated Communion host—was one of the most popular forms of devotion in the Roman Catholic Church, the focus of ...
When he went to Gethsemane, Jesus, deeply aggrieved at his impending death, asked his disciples to stay awake with him while he prayed. "Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he ...
The Vatican held its first monthly eucharistic adoration in the area in front of St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday night. The first monthly eucharistic adoration in St. Peter's Square, March 14, 2023.
There was a front-page story in The Boston Globe last month signaling the return of perpetual eucharistic adoration to Boston. In the 1940s a group of cloistered nuns began the practice of eucharistic ...
Sister Eileen McKenzie carries the monstrance during a ceremony marking the transition in the congregation's adoration practice. Photo by Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. For more than 141 ...
Eucharistic adoration was the focus of remarks made by Pope Benedict XVI today as he received participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the ...