Posted October 4, 2023

Faithful from throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia gathered Saturday, September 30 at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown for the Archdiocesan Eucharistic Congress.

Archbishop Pérez served as the principal celebrant at the opening Mass. Bishop Michael Burbidge, the current Bishop of Arlington and a previously and Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, served as the homilist and keynote speaker. Mrs. Antonia Acutis, mother of Blessed Carlo Acutis, spoke about personal devotion to Christ in the Eucharist and her son’s compelling story.

This initiative is part of the three-year National Eucharistic Revival called for by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. For more information, please visit www.phillyeucharisticrevival.org. (Photos: Sarah Webb) 

  • Thousands of Catholics from across the five-county Archdiocese joined together at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown Sept. 30 for the Archdiocesan Eucharistic Congress. The congress was held as part of a three-year National Eucharistic Revival called for by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (Sarah Webb)

  • Antonia Acutis visited New York, Sept. 28, to visit the students of Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx ahead of traveling to Philadelphia for the Sept. 30 Archdiocesan Eucharistic Congress. (Photo: Reverend Francesco Maria D’Amico)

  • Antonia Acutis visited New York, Sept. 28, to visit the students of Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx ahead of traveling to Philadelphia for the Sept. 30 Archdiocesan Eucharistic Congress. (Photo: Reverend Francesco Maria D’Amico)