Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 22, 2024 / 07:00 am
“I live because of the Eucharist,” Mother Angelica once said.
The foundress of EWTN and member of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, Mother Angelica made no secret of her love and devotion to the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
On Thursday, more than eight years after her death, the legacy of Mother Angelica’s Eucharistic love was on full display as pilgrims along the St. Juan Diego Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage stopped at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama, which she founded and where she is buried.
The shrine was filled beyond capacity by hundreds of religious and lay faithful of all ages, including many families.