National Eucharistic Revival continues Year of Mission with bilingual outreach

CNA Staff, Oct 14, 2024 / 18:10 pm

After the National Eucharistic Congress brought more than 50,000 Catholics together in July to adore and celebrate the Eucharist, the National Eucharistic Revival is continuing its efforts with bilingual outreach to teach Catholics how to share the faith with others.

The Congress in Indianapolis kicked off the third year of revival: the “Year of Mission.” The Year of Mission continues with a series of bilingual webinars about evangelization.

For the next three Tuesdays of October, the National Eucharistic Revival will feature a variety of speakers on evangelization and mission with bilingual options for Spanish listeners. After October, a monthly webinar will be held on the third Tuesday of each month. 

“For many Catholics, sharing the faith can be daunting,” President of the National Eucharistic Congress Jason Shanks told EWTN News. “We felt called to create bilingual resources to meet the needs of the Church in the U.S., a reality that was clear in the multicultural and multilingual participation we encountered at the Congress.”

The series will begin with Father Agustino Torres, a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal who has been featured on EWTN programs.

“It’s important that we continue this journey on mission together, learning the tools of encounter and evangelization to bring Christ to our country and the world,” Torres told EWTN News.  

The Year of Mission highlights four pillars of mission: Eucharistic Encounter, Eucharistic Identity, Eucharistic Life, and Eucharistic Mission. The pillars emphasize first deepening one’s personal relationship with Christ; then embracing a Eucharistic identity as children of God; next, bringing love for Christ into daily life; and finally sharing that with others by following the call to evangelize by bringing Christ’s presence to the margins. 

Torres said the Congress “wasn’t just an event, it was a launching point for all who believe in the Eucharist to find a way to reach others with this truth.”

“We want to teach all people how to do that with these sessions,” he noted.  

The sessions will feature an interpreter and offer opt-in small groups for participants available in their preferred language. 

Registration for the webinars is open. The webinars will take place at 8 p.m. ET beginning on Oct. 15 and will afterward be available on YouTube. The Spanish option is available only to the first 1,000 registrants who also opted into breakout groups. 

The Year of Mission will conclude after a procession and Corpus Christi events in Los Angeles in 2025. To learn more about the Year of Mission, visit here.