Eucharistic revival urges pilgrims to meet anti-Catholic protests with peace, prayer
The faithful march in the Drexel Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, Tulsa, Friday, May 30, 2025 / Credit: 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrims CNA Newsroom, May 31, 2025 / 17:15 pm (CNA).
Eucharistic pilgrims in Oklahoma are being urged by leaders to respond to anti-Catholic protests during pilgrimages and processions with peace, humility and prayer.
The Diocese of Tulsa this week was host to the St. Katharine Drexel Route of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which launched in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on May 18 and is set to finish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in late June.
On Friday, Eucharistic pilgrims marching through Tulsa were met at multiple points by counter-protesters shouting anti-Catholic rhetoric and slogans at the faithful, including through amplifiers.
At times protesters appeared to follow the crowd while chanting at them. Footage showed the faithful ignoring the demonstrations and continuing to follow the Blessed Sacrament.
Organizers of the national pilgrimage said the protest began with a few demonstrators following the procession and slowly grew over time to a reported 50 people regularly walking alongside the route.
Jason Shanks, the president of National Eucharistic Congress, said in a statement: “We know that bringing Christ to the streets will be met with resistance, and our prayerful message to them is one of conversion and hope.”
Organizers estimated that between 17,000 to 20,000 participants have traveled the procession so far. Images of the procession shared on social media showed a large turnout in downtown Tulsa on Friday.
“A beautiful evening in the [Diocese of Tulsa] as we welcomed pilgrims from the National Eucharistic Procession to the cathedral,” diocesan priest Father Brian O’Brien wrote on X.
A beautiful evening in the @DioceseofTulsa as we welcomed pilgrims from the National Eucharistic Procession to the cathedral.
Fr. Kastl and I welcomed the pilgrims with buckets of holy water. pic.twitter.com/UDjshXRhUm
— Father Brian O’Brien (@frobrien) May 31, 2025
The procession will next head to the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City before heading through Texas and then on through the Southwest.
Source: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/264473/eucharistic-revival-urges-pilgrims-to-meet-anti-catholic-protests-with-peace-prayer
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