Eucharistic Revival Pilgrimage Information
A Year of Eucharistic Revival is underway nationally, with the focus on the parish level this year (last year was the diocesan focus and next year will be the country). In the religious education program this year we are engaging the children in a Eucharistic Pilgrimage to increase their love for, and devotion to, the Eucharist (also known as Holy Communion or the Blessed Sacrament).
A pilgrimage is a spiritual journey made to a holy site for the purpose of spiritual renewal, to petition a special intention from God and his saints, or in gratitude for prayers answered. All children in the religious education program have received a pilgrimage “passport” to log their journey. On the pilgrimage passport are listed 9 sites where the Blessed Sacrament is present, either in the form of Exposition (which means the consecrated host is taken out of the tabernacle and placed in a golden stand called a monstrance), or reserved in the tabernacle.
We are asking that each family make a pilgrimage this year visiting as many of the sites as you can, spending time in prayer before the Lord Jesus. Children are to get their passport stamped at the sites. (see back of passport for more information on this). In June we will wrap up the pilgrimage year with our parish Corpus Christi Procession, June 2nd, which all are HIGHLY encouraged to attend. As an incentive to the children, prizes will be given to those who have visited 8 of the 9 sites. In addition, all those preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation (7th & 8th grades) are required to visit 5 sites, one of them being a class trip on Sat, Nov 11 to the Blue Army shrine.
Locations
1. Our Lady of Fatima Adoration Chapel, 50 Van Winkle Place,
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Open 24 hours a day
Office hours M, T, W, F 900am-8:00pm
Passport stamp in the office
2. Diocese of Metuchen, chapel, 146 Metlars Lane, Piscataway
Open Mon-Sat 10:00am-4:00pm
Passport stamp at front desk
3. The Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament, 52 W. Somerset St., Raritan 08869
Open 6:00am-6:00pm Mon-Fri; Sat/Sun
Passport stamp on windowsill in room behind last pew
4. The National Blue Army Shrine, 674 Mountain View Road E,
Asbury, NJ 08802
Open 9:00am-dusk; gift shop hours 9:00am-3:00pm daily
Passport stamp in Gift Shop
5. Resurrection Burial Park, Chapel of the 12 Apostles,
899 Lincoln Ave., Piscataway 08854
Open daily from 7:00am-5:00pm
Passport stamp in drawer under St. Luke
6. Cathedral of St. Francis, Lady Adoration Chapel,
45 Library Place, Metuchen 08840
Open Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:00pm
Passport stamp in desk drawer
7. Shrine of St. Joseph, 105 Long Hill Road, Stirling 07980
Open daily 8:00am-5:00pm
Passport stamp in Gift Shop
8. Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, 543 Springfield Ave. Summit 07901
Open Mon-Sat 10:00am-4:00pm
Passport stamp in Gift Shop
9. Corpus Christi Procession, Our Lady of Fatima Church, New Market Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Sun, Jun 2 at 3:00pm
Passport stamp at the church