Bishops approve 2029 Eucharistic Congress in bid to revive ‘long-lost tradition’
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle presides over the closing Mass of the National Eucharistic Congress in Lucas Oil Stadium on July 21, 2024, in Indianapolis. / Credit: Jeffrey Bruno CNA Staff, Nov 14, 2025 / 10:34 am (CNA).
In a move to renew a “long-lost tradition,” the U.S. bishops confirmed the next National Eucharistic Congress will take place in the summer of 2029.
At the plenary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Baltimore on Nov. 12, the bishops voted to confirm the date for the country’s second National Eucharistic Congress of the 21st century.
Last year’s National Eucharistic Congress, the first to take place on American soil since World War II, attracted tens of thousands of people for several massive sessions of Eucharistic adoration in Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium.
The event also featured numerous talks and workshops related to the Catholic faith and a 60,000-participant Eucharistic procession through downtown Indianapolis.
Bishop Andrew Cozzens of Crookston, Minnesota, who chaired the first congress, said it was “a time of great grace for the Church in the United States.”
“I believe that continuing the transformational, unitive events every four years can continue to stoke the fires of revival and support the incredible work that you’re already doing in your diocese in evangelization,” he told the bishops at the plenary assembly on Nov. 12.
Prior to 2024, the last Eucharistic Congress in the U.S. was held in 1941. Cozzens said holding two events so close is a bid to “resume our long-lost tradition of having a National Eucharistic Congress every four years.”
“I believe that the Eucharistic Revival was a great gift to our country from the Holy Spirit,” Cozzens said.
In December the bishops will publish findings on the “lasting fruit” of the three-year Eucharistic Revival that culminated in the Eucharistic Congress, according to Cozzens.
“It was a moment of unity, a moment of celebration, a moment of incredible grace, a moment of mission,” the bishop said.
Many dioceses are seeing increased Mass attendance and rising OCIA (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults) participation, Cozzens noted during the assembly.
The revival was initially inspired by Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium on the proclamation of the Gospel in the world today.
“We were inspired by those two pillars of encounter and mission,” Cozzens said. “Pope Leo carries forth this missionary zeal, as he said on Corpus Christi of this year.”
Source: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/267817/bishops-approve-2029-eucharistic-congress-in-bid-to-revive-long-lost-tradition
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