Eucharistic procession takes to New York streets

A remarkable day of faith and devotion unfolded at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in midtown Manhattan Oct. 15 as thousands of Catholics gathered for a Eucharistic procession.

The event, sponsored by the California-based Napa Institute in collaboration with the Hallow prayer app, featured a Holy Hour, Mass, Eucharistic procession and veneration of a first-class relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis, offering participants a day filled with prayer. Organizers estimate some 3,500 people attended the fifth annual gathering.

The afternoon began with a Holy Hour and rosary led by New York Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Espaillat. The Mass, celebrated by Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, ecclesiastical adviser to the Napa Institute, was offered for peace in the Holy Land.

“Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, the Lord here with us,” said homilist Msgr. James Shea, “is the answer to all our prayers, all our hopes, sturdy, sure and true.”

After Mass, the procession took Jesus through New York streets.