National Eucharistic Pilgrimage to make 2-day stop in Pocatello this week

POCATELLO — A nationalist visit celebrating Catholic religion and its belief successful nan divine beingness of Jesus will beryllium successful Pocatello connected Thursday and Friday.

Eucharistic pilgrims are stepping 4 abstracted pre-planned routes crossed nan country, opening earlier this period successful California, Connecticut, Minnesota and Texas, according to The Associated Press. The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is an attempted revival of a U.S. Catholic contented that went distant successful nan mid-1900s.

Pilgrims will beryllium joined on nan measurement by smaller section groups. The visit will reason pinch nan 4 groups converging connected Indianapolis successful July.

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage will officially statesman its sojourn successful eastbound Idaho astatine 4:30 p.m. Thursday, erstwhile nan pilgrims will beryllium astatine nan St. John’s Catholic Center astatine Idaho State University, according to a news merchandise from nan Holy Sprit Catholic Community.

As portion of nan festivities connected nan ISU campus, The Franciscan Sisters of nan Eucharist — a section Roman Catholic congregation — will springiness a presentation.

The visit will proceed pinch Thursday day stops astatine Caldwell Park, wherever priests from respective eastbound Idaho parishes will administer communion and springiness a blessing to nan pilgrims.

At 8:15 p.m., nan visit will move to St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, which will clasp a Holy Adoration — a “public exposition of nan Eucharist,” nan merchandise says. The pilgrims will stay astatine St. Anthony’s successful Holy Adoration until a 7 a.m. Friday mass.

Following mass, nan pilgrims will caput to nan Salt Lake City Diocese by measurement of Preston.