Eucharistic congress#History

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In the Catholic Church, a Eucharistic congress is a gathering of clergy, religious, and laity to bear witness to the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, which is an important Catholic doctrine. Congresses bring together people from a wide area, and typically involve large open-air Masses, Eucharistic adoration (Blessed Sacrament), and other devotional ceremonies held over several days. Congresses may both refer to National (varies by country) and International Eucharistic Congresses.

On 28{{nbsp}}November 1897, Pope Leo XIII proclaimed Saint Paschal Baylón patron of Eucharistic Congresses and Associations.{{cite book |title=Acta Ordinis Fratrum Minorum |date=1897 |publisher=Ad Claras Aquas |pages=207–208 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ITE2AQAAMAAJ&dq=baylon&pg=RA1-PA207}}

History

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The first International Eucharistic Congress owed its inspiration to Bishop Gaston de Ségur, and was held at Lille, France, on June 21, 1881. The initial inspiration behind the idea came from the laywoman Marie-Marthe-Baptistine Tamisier (1834–1910) who spent a decade lobbying clergy. The sixth congress met in Paris in 1888, and the great memorial Church of the Sacred Heart on Montmartre was the center of the proceedings. Antwerp hosted the next congress in 1890, at which an immense altar of repose was erected in the Place de Meir, and an estimated 150,000 persons gathered around it when Cardinal Goossens, Archbishop of Mechelen, gave the solemn benediction. Bishop Doutreloux of Liège was then president of the Permanent Committee for the Organization of Eucharistic Congresses, the body which has charge of the details of these meetings. Of special importance also was the eighth congress, held in Jerusalem in 1893, as it was the first congress held outside Europe.

In 1907, the congress was held in Metz, Lorraine, and the German government suspended the law of 1870 (which forbade processions) in order that the usual solemn procession of the Blessed Sacrament might be held. Each year the congress had become more and more international in nature, and at the invitation of Archbishop Bourne of Westminster the nineteenth congress was held in London, the first among English-speaking members of the Church. The presidents of the Permanent Committee of the International Eucharistic Congresses, under whose direction all this progress was made, were:

Bishop Gaston de Ségur of Lille; Archbishop de La Bouillerie, titular of Perga and coadjutor of Bordeaux;
Archbishop Duquesnay of Cambrai;
Cardinal Mermillod, Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva, Switzerland;
Bishop Doutreloux of Liège, Belgium;
Bishop Thomas Louis Heylen of Namur, Belgium.

After each congress this committee prepared and published a volume giving a report of all the papers read and the discussions on them in the various sections of the meeting, the sermons preached, the addresses made at the public meetings, and the details of all that transpired.

List of International Congresses

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1st

| 1881 Jun

| {{flagicon|FRA|1794}} Lille

| The Eucharist Saves the World

2nd

| 1882 Sep

| {{flagicon|FRA|1794}} Avignon

3rd

| 1883 Jun

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Liège

4th

| 1885 Sep

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Fribourg

5th

| 1887 Jun

| {{flagicon|FRA|1794}} Toulouse

6th

| 1888 Jul

| {{flagicon|FRA|1794}} Paris

7th

| 1890 Aug

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Antwerp

8th

| 1893 May

| {{flagicon|Ottoman Empire}} Jerusalem

| The Divine Mystery of the Eucharist

| First congress held outside Europe. Attended by hundreds of Latin Rite and Eastern Rite Patriarchs, bishops, priests, and faithful.

9th

| 1894 Jul

| {{flagicon|FRA|1794}} Reims

10th

| 1897 Sep

|style="width:10em;"| {{flagicon|FRA|1794}} Paray-le-Monial

11th

| 1898 Jul

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Brussels

12th

| 1899 Aug

| {{flagicon|FRA|1794}} Lourdes

13th

| 1901 Sep

| {{flagicon|FRA|1794}} Angers

14th

| 1902 Sep

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Namur

15th

| 1904 Jun

| {{flagicon|FRA|1794}} Angoulême

16th

| 1905 Jun

| {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} Rome

17th

| 1906 Aug

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Tournai

18th

| 1907 Aug

| {{flagicon|German Empire}} Metz

19th

| 1908 Sep

| {{flagicon|GBR}} London

| First Congress held in the English-speaking world.

20th

| 1909 Aug

| {{flagicon|German Empire}} Cologne

21st

| 1910 Sep 7–11

| {{flagicon|CAN|1905}} Montreal

| First Congress held in North America or the Western Hemisphere.

22nd

| 1911 Jul

| {{flagicon|ESP|1874}} Madrid

23rd

| 1912 Sep 12–15

| {{flagicon|Austria-Hungary}} Vienna

24th

| 1913 Apr 23–27

| {{flagicon|Malta|1898}} Malta

25th

| 1914 Jul 22–25

| {{flagicon|FRA|1794}} Lourdes

| The Eucharist and the Social Reign of Jesus Christ

| Cardinal G. Pignatelli of Belmonte was the papal legate.

26th

| 1922 May 24–29

| {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} Rome

| The Peaceful Reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist

| Pope Pius XI officiated the Mass at the St. Peter's Square; first congress after World War I.

27th

| 1924 Jul 22–27

| {{flagicon|NED}} Amsterdam

| The Eucharist and Holland

| Cardinal Van Rossum was the papal legate.

28th

| 1926 Jun 20–24

| {{flagicon|USA}} Chicago

| First congress in the United States. Papal legate: Cardinal Bonzano. Hosted by Cardinal Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago. Est worshippers: 500,000 at Soldier Field mass, 1 million at St. Mary of the Lake closing mass.

29th

| 1928 Sep 6–9

| {{flagicon|AUS|1908}} Sydney

| First congress in Australia. The procession of the Eucharist, headed by the papal legate Cardinal Cerretti, was witnessed by 500,000.{{cite web|url=http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/international_eucharistic_congress_1928 |title=International Eucharistic Congress 1928 |website=Dictionaryofsydney.org |access-date=2016-01-20}}

30th

| 1930 May 7–11

| {{flagicon|French protectorate of Tunisia}} Carthage

| The Eucharist is Africa's testimony

| First congress held in Africa.

31st

| 1932 Jun 22–26

| {{flagicon|IRE}} Dublin

| The Propagation of the Sainted Eucharist by Irish Missionaries

| 1500th anniversary of Saint Patrick's arrival in Ireland. Catholic population of Ireland in 1932 was 3 million.{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753335-1,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208202653/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,753335-1,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 8, 2008 |title=In Dublin |magazine=Time |date=1932-06-20 |access-date= 2008-06-22}}

32nd

| 1934 Oct 10–14

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Buenos Aires

| First congress in South America. Papal legate Cardinal Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII).{{cite web|url=http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-p.htm |title=Site locations changed |website=Fiu.edu |access-date=2016-01-20}} Over one million people around Palmero Park heard a radio broadcast from the pope in Vatican City. Cardinal Pacelli celebrated High Mass and pronounced apostolic blessing on participants.{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17126952 |title=16 Oct 1934 - Eucharistic Congress. Buenos Aires, Oct. 14 |website=Nla.gov.au |date=1934-10-16 |access-date=2016-01-20}}

33rd

| 1937 Feb 3–7

| {{flagicon|PHI|1936}} Manila

| Jesus in the Eucharist, Bread of Angels, Bread of Life

| First congress in Asia and in the Philippines. Attended by 1.5 million from around the world. Pontifical Masses in Rizal Park, with hundreds of thousands at each.{{Cite web|date=28 June 2012|title=Cebu City Hosting the 51st International Eucharistic Congress in 2016|url=https://ph.news.yahoo.com/cebu-city-hosting-51st-international-eucharistic-congress-2016-101600134.html|website=Manila Bulletin}}

34th

| 1938 May 25–30

| {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Budapest

| Eucharist, the Bond of Love

| Papal legate Cardinal Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII).{{cite web|url=http://www2.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-p.htm |title=Site locations changed |publisher=Florida International University |access-date=2016-01-20}} Over 100,000 people from all over the world, including 15 cardinals and 330 bishops.{{cite web |url=http://www.pwt.wroc.pl/kongres/en/historia/dzieje.htm |title=46th IEC - The History of Eucharistic Congresses |website=Pwt.wroc.pl |access-date=2016-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126071942/http://www.pwt.wroc.pl/kongres/en/historia/dzieje.htm |archive-date=2016-01-26 |url-status=dead }}

35th

|style="width:9em;"| 1952 {{avoid wrap|May 27}}-{{avoid wrap|Jun 1}}

| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Barcelona

| Peace

| First congress since the end of World War II. Attended by hundreds of bishops and church officials, including Cardinal Spellman of New York, and Cardinal Stritch of Chicago. The Cold War limited attendance from communist eastern European countries.{{Cite web | url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1961&dat=19520122&id=n4AhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qYsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3113,441528 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124160059/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1961&dat=19520122&id=n4AhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qYsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3113,441528 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-01-24 |last=Ehlen |first=Ethel K. |date=January 22, 1952 |title=International Eucharistic Congress to Meet in Barcelona, Spain In May; Peace is Keynote of 35th Congress |work=Palm Beach Daily News |via=Google News Archive}}

36th

| 1955 Jul 17–24

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro

| Christ the Redeemer and His Eucharistic Kingdom{{Cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=958&dat=19550305&id=E9pTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2IkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5693,6224255 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021838/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=958&dat=19550305&id=E9pTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2IkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5693,6224255 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2016-03-05 |date=March 5, 1955 |title= British Columbia Pilgrimage To Eucharistic Congress Set |work=The Manitoba Ensign |via=Google News Archive}}

37th

| 1960 {{avoid wrap|Jul 31}}–{{avoid wrap|Aug 7}}

| {{flagicon|West Germany}} Munich

| City chosen by Pope Pius XII, who had been papal nuncio there. Attended by 430 bishops and 28 cardinals, including Cardinal Spellman of New York, Cardinal Cushing of Boston, and Cardinal Meyer of Chicago. Laid a foundation stone for a "church of atonement" near Dachau concentration camp. Closing Statio Orbis Mass celebrated on Theresienwiese Square.{{cite news |title=Catholics Open 37th Congress |work=The Miami News |date=July 31, 1960 |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19600731&id=WNQzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wekFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5808,7139053 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124161031/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19600731&id=WNQzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wekFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5808,7139053 |archive-date=January 24, 2013}}{{Cite web | url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19600625&id=F1saAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5yUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7320,1720374 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124172215/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19600625&id=F1saAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5yUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7320,1720374 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-01-24 |date=June 25, 1960 |title=25 from Here to Join 37th Eucharistic Parley |work=The Milwaukee Journal |via=Google News Archive}}

38th

| 1964 Nov 12–15

| {{flagicon|IND}} Bombay

| First congress in a country without a significant Christian population, aiming to disseminate the doctrine of the "real presence of Christ in the Eucharist." Attended by Pope Paul VI, many cardinals, and 20,000 foreign visitors.{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,830910,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715154629/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,830910,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2010 |title=Roman Catholics: Bombay's Spiritual Spectacular |magazine=Time |date=1964-12-04 |access-date=2016-01-20}}

39th

| 1968 Aug 18–25

| {{flagicon|COL}} Bogotá

| The Eucharist as the Bond of Love

|Bogota DC was chosen personally by Pope Paul VI, to host the 39th International Eucharistic Congress, following his visit to the Colombian capital. This was the third Congress ever held in a Spanish speaking country, and the first Congress held in Colombia. The Eucharistic Congress was attended by bishops, archbishops, cardinals, clergy members, and faithful from all over Latin America and the World, including the Archpishop of Bogota Luis Concha Cordoba, the Colombian Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, Pope Paul VI, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires Juan Carlos Aramburu, the Archbishop of Paris François Marty, Archbishop Carroll of Miami, and Archbishop Dearden of Detroit (USA). The Congress was focused on the renovation of the Catholic Church worldwide, but particularly that of Colombia, which was a country seeing great economic and social prosperity due to its economic boom in the mid 20th century. Colombia was a country that demonstrated the great social and economic changes to global societies, as Colombia strived industrialized and modern society, and it was with this in mind, that it was chosen to be the seat of the 1968 International Eucharistic Congress.

40th

| 1973 Feb 18–25

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Melbourne

| "Love one another as I have loved you!" Jn 15,17{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/speeches/1973/february/documents/hf_p-vi_spe_19730225_radiomessaggio_en.html |title=Radiomessage for the conclusion of the 40th International Eucharistic Congress, 25 February 1973 | Paul VI |website=Vatican.va |date=1973-02-25 |access-date=2016-01-20}}

41st

| 1976 Aug 1–8

| {{flagicon|USA}} Philadelphia

| Hungers of the Human Family

| Attended by 1,500,000 people, including 44 Cardinals and 417 bishops.John DeMayo and Joseph Casino, The Forty-First Interional Eucharistic Congress, August 1–8, 1976: A History, (Pennsauken: DeVilieger, 1978) 6, 144; MC 80, 100.611: Committee on Special Guests: Final Report to the Board of Governors, August 16, 1967, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8121. Theme: "The Eucharist and the Hungers of the Human Family" (physical and spiritual hungers).. MC 80, 100.2792: Letter to James Cardinal Knox from John Cardinal Krol, March 7, 1975, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8125. Mother Teresa and Dorothy Day were panelists at a conference on Women and the Eucharist.MC 80, 100.1548: Letter to Cardinal Krol from Dorothy Day January 29, 1976, https://omeka.chrc-phila.org/items/show/8123; MC 80, 100.1673: Letter to Cardinal Krol from Mother Teresa. Future Pope John Paul II gave the homily for Freedom and Justice.MC 80, 100.1755S7.1: Karol Cardinal Wojtyla Homily US President Ford spoke of freedom and the Church's work for peace.The 41st IEC: A History, 547.{{cite web|url=https://chrc-phila.org/41st-international-eucharistic-congress/|title=41st International Eucharistic Congress|publisher= Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia|date=5 August 2019|access-date=2 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://chrc-phila.org/halvey/eucharistic-congress/|title=41st International Eucharistic Congress 1976|publisher= Catholic Historical Research Center of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia|date=|access-date=2 September 2021}}

42nd

| 1981 Jul 16–23

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Lourdes

| "Jesus Christ, bread broken for a new world"

| Organization: Henri Donze, Bishop of Lourdes; papal legate Cardinal Bernardin Gantin. Great number of young people, from Third World. Procession with candles successful.{{cite web|url=http://www.congressieucaristici.va/content/congressieucaristici/it/storia/50-congressi-eucaristici-internazionali/lourdes-1981.html|title=42. Congresso Eucaristico a Lourdes (Francia) dal 16 al 23 luglio 1981.|publisher= Pontificio comitato per i congressi eucaristici internazionali|date= |access-date=2 September 2021}} This was the third time the congress was held at Lourdes.{{cite web|url=http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/7th-august-1981/4/what-happened-at-the-congress |title=What happened at the Congress |work=Catholic Herald |date=August 7, 1981 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419225618/http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/7th-august-1981/4/what-happened-at-the-congress |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 19, 2013 |access-date=June 27, 2012 }}

43rd

| 1985 Aug 11–18

| {{flagicon|KEN}} Nairobi

| The Eucharist and the Christian Family

| Attended by Pope John Paul II.{{cite web |url=http://www.fjp2.com/us/john-paul-ii/travels/125-apostolic-journey-to-togo-ivory-coast-cameroon-i-central-african-republic-zaire-ii-kenya-ii-morocco-august-8-19-1985/17244-lstatio-orbisr-mass-for-the-conclusion-of-the-43rd-international-eucharistic-congress-in-nairobi---kenya-august-18-1985 |title="Statio Orbis" mass for the conclusion of the 43rd International Eucharistic Congress in Nairobi - Kenya (August 18, 1985) |website=Fjp2.com |date=1985-08-18 |access-date=2016-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131161315/http://www.fjp2.com/us/john-paul-ii/travels/125-apostolic-journey-to-togo-ivory-coast-cameroon-i-central-african-republic-zaire-ii-kenya-ii-morocco-august-8-19-1985/17244-lstatio-orbisr-mass-for-the-conclusion-of-the-43rd-international-eucharistic-congress-in-nairobi---kenya-august-18-1985 |archive-date=January 31, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

44th

| 1989 Oct 4–8

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Seoul

| Christ is our Peace

| As he did four years prior, Pope John Paul II attended the congress, holding the Solemn Mass entirely in Korean on the final day. The two principal objectives were: promoting a deeper understanding of the Eucharist; and living the eucharistic faith in the reality of our world. Attendance was reported to be around 1 million.{{cite journal|title=International Eucharistic Congress, Seoul, South Korea|author=Bishop Michael Smith|journal=The Furrow|volume=40|issue = 5|date=May 1989|pages=301–304|jstor = 27661523}}

45th

| 1993 Jun 7–13

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Seville

| Christ Light of Nations

| The first post-Cold War congress, Pope John Paul II addressed the congress and declared, "I hope the fruit of this congress results in the establishment of perpetual Eucharistic adoration in all parishes and Christian communities throughout the world."{{cite web|url=http://www.fatimaconference.org/eucharisticadoration.htm |access-date=June 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824022320/http://www.fatimaconference.org/eucharisticadoration.htm|title= Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration |archive-date=August 24, 2012 }}

46th

| 1997 {{avoid wrap|May 25}}–{{avoid wrap|Jun 1}}

| {{flagicon|POL}} Wrocław

| Freedom as Reflected in the Eucharist

| Attended by Pope John Paul II.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fjp2.com/en/john-paul-ii/online-library/homilies/2026--46th-international-eucharistic-congress |title=46th International Eucharistic Congress |access-date=2016-04-17 |archive-date=2017-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305002257/http://www.fjp2.com/en/john-paul-ii/online-library/homilies/2026--46th-international-eucharistic-congress |url-status=dead }} The congress addressed the distinction between "freedom" and "liberty".{{cite web|url=http://www.adventistlaymen.com/wwn%20articles/WWN%20Special%20Issue%201(97).pdf |title=Watchman, what of the night? : 46th International Eucharistic Congress |website=Adventistlaymen.com |access-date=2016-01-20}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pwt.wroc.pl/kongres/en/index_en.htm |title=46. International Eucharistic Congress - English Home Page |website=Pwt.wroc.pl |date=1997-09-10 |access-date=2016-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224241/http://www.pwt.wroc.pl/kongres/en/index_en.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}

47th

| 2000 Jun 18–25

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Rome

| The third to be celebrated in Rome, the congress was the first of its kind to be celebrated in a Jubilee Year.

48th

| 2004 Oct 10–17

| {{flagicon|MEX}} Guadalajara

| Pope John Paul II, being too ill to attend, named Cardinal Josef Tomko as Papal Legate. The Congress ended with a celebration of the Mass in the Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, with a live link up to a simultaneous Mass celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, celebrated in the presence of Pope John Paul II. These simultaneous Masses marked the beginning of the Year of the Eucharist which ran from the International Eucharistic Congress to the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October 2005.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

49th

| 2008 Jun 15–22

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Quebec City

| The Eucharist, Gift of God for the Life of the World

| This congress coincided with the 400th anniversary of the city's founding.{{cite web|url=http://www.cei2008.ca/en/origineducei2008 |access-date=June 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705174838/http://www.cei2008.ca/en/origineducei2008|title= Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of Québec City |archive-date=July 5, 2008}} The closing celebration took place on the Plains of Abraham, attended by tens of thousands of pilgrims.{{cite web|url=http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=213831 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415161749/http://www.oecumene.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=213831 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-15 |title=Pope: "Due Honour to Eucharistic Rite"- Dublin to Host Congress 2012 |publisher=Vatican Radio |date=2008-06-22 |access-date=2008-06-22 }} Pope Benedict XVI's message was broadcast live, in both French and English, from the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican, via giant screens set up on the meadow. The Pope announced the next Congress was to take place in Dublin, Ireland, in 2012.

50th

| 2012 Jun 10–17

| {{flagicon|IRE}} Dublin

| The Eucharist: Communion with Christ and with one another (drawn from Lumen gentium)

| The congress coincided with the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of the Second Vatican Council.{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html |title=Lumen gentium |website=Vatican.va |access-date=2016-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906031754/https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html |archive-date=2014-09-06 }} In addition to the daily celebration of the Eucharist, there were over thirty workshops and presentations daily on various themes associated with the Eucharist. For many years, the Church has failed to respond appropriately to child abuse by clergy.{{According to whom|date=March 2023}} The blessing of a Healing Stone by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, as well as a personal meeting between the Papal Legate, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, and survivors of clergy sexual abuse, were among the ways in which the issue was addressed.{{cite web|url=http://saltandlighttv.org/iec/iec-2012-videos/ |title=IEC 2012 Videos | IEC 2012 |website=Saltandlighttv.org |access-date=2016-01-20}} The Pope delivered a pre-recorded address to the closing ceremony on June 17.

{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0617/breaking102.html|title=Full text: Pope's address to Congress|date=17 June 2012|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=21 June 2012|archive-date=October 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025190015/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0617/breaking102.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0617/final-day-of-eucharistic-congress-gets-underway.html |title=Final day of Eucharistic Congress gets underway |date=17 June 2012 |work=RTE News |access-date=21 June 2012 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

51st

| 2016 Jan 24–31

| {{flagicon|PHI}} Cebu City

| Christ in You, Our Hope of Glory (From the Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians)

| The second time in the Philippines, including Manila in 1937. Pope Francis appointed the first Cardinal of Myanmar Cardinal Charles Maung Bo as the Papal Legate.{{cite news|url=http://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/84183/51st-iec-successful |title=51st IEC 'successful' |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=2016-02-01 |access-date=2016-02-01}}

52nd

| 2021 Sep 5–12

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest

| "In You (=in Eucharistic Jesus) is the source of all our blessings." (Cfr.: Ps 87, 7)

| Originally scheduled to take place in September 2020, it was postponed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the second time Hungary hosted after 1938. Pope Francis performed a mass at Heroes Square, Budapest.{{Cite web|title = International Eucharistic Congress Postponed|url = https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-04/international-eucharistic-congress-postponed.html|website = www.vaticannews.va|access-date = 2022-10-13}}{{Cite web|title = Pope Francis in Budapest for 1st leg of Apostolic visit|url = https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-09/pope-apostolic-visit-hungary-slovakia-arrival-budapest.html|website = www.vaticannews.va|access-date = 2022-10-13}}

53rd

| 2024 Sep 8–15

| {{flagicon|ECU}} Quito

| Fraternity to Heal the World

|This was in the first Andean country to host the event. It coincided with the 150th anniversary of the consecration of Ecuador to the Sacred Heart of Jesus made in 1874 by President Gabriel García Moreno and supported by Pope Pius IX.{{cite web|title=53rd International Eucharistic Congress to take place in Ecuador|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-03/pope-international-eucharistic-congress-quito-ecuador-2024.html|date=March 20, 2021|access-date= March 23, 2021|website=Vatican News}}

54th

| 2028

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney

| It’s the first time the event is being held in Australia since Melbourne hosted in 1973, and the second time in Sydney since 1928, that just coincides with the centenary of the first international eucharistic congress held in these city, and the most largest ecumenical event since the World Youth Day 2008.{{cite web|title=Sydney to host International Eucharistic Congress in 2028|url=https://cathnews.com/2024/09/16/sydney-to-host-international-eucharistic-congress-in-2028/|date=September 15, 2024|access-date= September 15, 2024|website=CathNews.com.au}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aciprensa.com/noticias/106769/sydney-australia-proxima-sede-del-congreso-eucaristico-internacional|title=La próxima sede del Congreso Eucarístico Internacional será Sydney, en Australia|publisher=Aciprensa.com|language=ES|date=September 15, 2024|access-date=September 15, 2024}}

List of National Congresses

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|+ {{flagicon|USA}} National Eucharistic Congresses for the United States of America{{cite web |title=History of the National and International Eucharistic Congresses |url=http://eucharisticrevivalindy.org/history |website=National Eucharistic Congress |publisher=Archdiocese of Indianapolis |access-date=February 7, 2024}}

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1st

| 1895 Oct 2–3

| Washington, DC

| Held at St. Patrick's Church, the oldest Catholic church in Washington, DC, and at Catholic University, then only 8 years old. Twenty-five archbishops and bishops attended, most prominently James Cardinal Gibbon, the Archbishop of Baltimore along with some 250 priests, most from Fr. Peter Julian Eymard's Priests' Eucharistic League, and most from the Eastern United States.{{cite book |author=First National Eucharistic Congress |title=Eucharistic conferences; the papers presented at the first American eucharistic congress, Washington, D. C., October, 1895 |date=1896 |publisher=The Catholic Book Exchange |url=https://archive.org/details/eucharisticconfe00nati/mode/2up |access-date=February 7, 2024}}

2nd

| 1901 Oct 8–10

| St. Louis, MO

| Held at St. Francis Xavier, the college church for St. Louis University, some 15 bishops and 600 priests from the Priests' Eucharistic League attended.{{cite book |last=Poirier |first=Rev. E. |chapter=The Eucharistic Movement and the Third Eucharistic Congress of the United States |editor=Third Eucharistic Congress |title=Third Eucharistic Congress of the United States |date=1904 |pages=5–6 |url=https://archive.org/details/thirdeucharistic00nati/mode/2up |access-date=February 7, 2024}}

3rd

| 1904 Sep 27–29

| New York, NY

| Held at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Archbishop John M. Farley of New York hosted the event.{{cite book |author=Third Eucharistic Congress |title=Third Eucharistic Congress of the United States |date=1904 |url=https://archive.org/details/thirdeucharistic00nati/mode/2up |access-date=February 7, 2024}}

4th

| 1907 Oct 15–17

| Pittsburgh, PA

| Held in the Cathedral of St. Paul.{{cite news |author1=Reverend A.A. Lambing, LL.D. |author1-link=The Eucharistic Congress |title=The Pittsburgh Catholic |url=https://digital.library.duq.edu/digital/collection/pc |access-date=February 7, 2024 |volume=64 |publisher=Diocese of Pittsburgh |date=October 3, 1907}}

5th

| 1911 Sep 28–Oct 1

| Cincinnati, OH

| Held at St. Peter's Cathedral. Archbishop Henry K. Moeller of Cincinnati hosted the event.{{cite news |title=Chimes |url=https://cincinnati.newspapers.com/image/33372207/?clipping_id=28184704 |access-date=February 7, 2024 |publisher=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=September 28, 1911 |page=4}}

6th

| 1930 Sep 23–25

| Omaha, NE

| The Congress was held at a number of different locations in Omaha, including the cathedral, St. Cecilia's and Creighton University. A number of newsreel companies were on hand to film the event. Bishop Joseph Rummel of Omaha hosted the event.{{cite news |author1-link=Almost a century ago, the sixth National Eucharistic Congress held in former ‘Diocese of Omaha’ |title=The Catholic Voice |url=https://catholicvoiceomaha.com/almost-a-century-ago-the-sixth-national-eucharistic-congress-held-in-former-diocese-of-omaha/ |access-date=February 7, 2024 |publisher=Archdiocese of Omaha |date=November 17, 2023}}

7th

| 1935 Sep 23–26

| Cleveland, OH

| The Holy Eucharist, The Source and Inspiration of Catholic Action

| 500,000 Catholics from around the nation attended. The final Mass, in Cleveland Municipal Stadium drew 125,000. Speakers included Fulton J. Sheen, and Alfred E. Smith, the first Catholic major party presidential candidate. Pope Pius XI addressed the Congress by radio.{{cite web |url=http://case.edu/ech/articles/s/seventh-national-eucharistic-congress|title=Seventh National Eucharistic Congress |website=Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |access-date=February 7, 2024}}

8th

| 1938 Oct 17–20

| New Orleans, LA

| Held in City Park Stadium. Chicago's George Cardinal Mundelein, served as a special Papal legate for the Congress. The Goodyear Blimp broadcast sermons, music and the rosary over special loudspeakers along the route for the final procession. Over radio, Pope Pius XI opened the Congress with a five minute address and closed it with a special blessing from Castel Gandolfo.{{cite web |last1=Paterson |first1=Seale |title=The 8th National Eucharist Congress |url=http://www.myneworleans.com/the-8th-national-eucharist-congress/ |website=New Orleans Magazine |publisher=Renaissance Publishing |access-date=February 7, 2024 |date=September 30, 2022}}

9th

| 1941 Jun 22–26

| St. Paul, MN

| Our Eucharistic Lord Glorified by Sacrifice

| Held at the fairgrounds for the Minnesota State Fair. About 150 bishops from across the United States attended.{{cite web |last1=Umberger |first1=Barb |title=Practicing Catholic: 1941 National Eucharistic Congress in St. Paul drew tens of thousands |url=http://thecatholicspirit.com/practicing-catholic/1941-national-eucharistic-congress-in-st-paul-drew-tens-of-thousands/ |website=The Catholic Spirit |publisher=Archdiocese of St. Paul |access-date=Feb 7, 2024 |date=Jun 25, 2021}}

10th

| 2024 Jul 17–21

| Indianapolis, IN

| Revival Happens Here

| Held in the Indianapolis Colt's Lucas Oil Stadium.{{cite web |title=National Eucharistic Congress |url=http://eucharisticrevivalindy.org |publisher=Archdiocese of Indianapolis |access-date=February 7, 2024}} About 50,000 people attended, among whom were 1,500 Catholic priests.

References

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External links

= Official websites =

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120108052335/http://www.congressieucaristici.va/ congressieucaristici.va – Official site of the Pontifical Committee for the International Eucharistic Congresses]
[https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pont_committees/eucharist-congr/index.htm Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses] (archive website)
[http://iec2016.ph/ iec2016.ph – Official Website for the 2016 International Eucharistic Congress]
[https://iec2020.hu/en iec2020.hu/en – Official Website for the 2020 International Eucharistic Congress]
[https://www.iec2024.ec/ iec2024.ec/ - Official Website for the 2024 International Eucharistic Congress]

= Historic websites =

[http://www.themetrains.com/cardinals-train-main.htm The 1926 Cardinal's Train to the 28th International Eucharistic Congress in Chicago at ThemeTrains.com.]
{{cite web | url = http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/international_eucharistic_congress_1928 | title = International Eucharistic Congress 1928 | access-date = 5 October 2015 | author = Samantha Frappell | date = 2012 | work=Dictionary of Sydney| publisher = Dictionary of Sydney Trust}} [CC-By-SA]
{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170428233151/http://www.catholicphotographer.com/p332355135 49th International Eucharistic Congress (2008): Photo Gallery by The Catholic Photographer]}}

= Miscellaneous =

[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05592a.htm Eucharistic Congresses on New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia]

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