Over 1,000 devout Christians from local Catholic Churches gathered on the grounds of The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg this week to celebrate the arrival of the first-ever National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.
Worshippers filled the basilica this morning to participate in the standing-room only mass.The Most Reverend Archbishop William E. Lori was the celebrant. In addition to administering the mass, Lori provided history about Saint Elizabeth Seton and how she formed the Daughters of Charity in 1809.
The national pilgrimage began on May 17 in Connecticut and will end on July 16 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The stop at the Emmitsburg shrine was only one of many stops on one of the four pilgrimages being held across the U.S.