During the June 8 Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception that preceded a Eucharistic procession through the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, D.C., Washington Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar elevates the Eucharist during the consecration. At left is Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop emeritus of Washington, and at right is Msgr. Walter Rossi, rector of the National Shrine. (CS photo by Mihoko Owada)
People pray during Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception prior to the June 8 Eucharistic procession in Washington, D.C. At the Mass, the procession participants were urged to “let our hearts exult in the Lord and rejoice in His love." (CS photos by Mihoko Owada)
At the end of the Mass he celebrated, Washington Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar incenses the Blessed Sacrament that would depart the National Shrine and be carried in procession. (CS photo by Mihoko Owada)
Young people lead the way as the procession travels through "Little Rome" in Washington, D.C. (CS photo by Mihoko Owada)
The procession stops to pray at the "Angels Unawares" sculpture at The Catholic University of America on June 8, 2024. ( CS photo by Mihoko Owada)
The monstrance containing the Eucharist is held aloft by Father Robert Boxie III, the Catholic chaplain at Howard University,as it is processed June 8 through the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (CS photo by Mihoko Owada)
The Eucharistic procession stops for prayer at the Our Lady of Preachers Convent of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia of Nashville on June 8, 2024. ( CS photo by Mihoko Owada)
More than 1,200 people took to the streets of Washington, D.C. to sing, pray and walk in procession as they celebrated their belief that the Eucharist truly is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ. (CS photo by Mihoko Owada)
The procession stops for prayer at Centro Maria of the Religious of Mary Immaculate on June 8, 2024. (CS photo by Mihoko Owada)
The Eucharistic procession stops for prayer at the Dominican House of Studies on June 8, 2024. ( CS photo by Mihoko Owada)
The monstrance containing the Eucharist is held aloft as it is processed June 8 through the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (CS photo by Mihoko Owada)
The Eucharistic procession stops for prayer at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on June 8, 2024. ( CS photo by Mihoko Owada)
The Eucharistic procession stops for prayer at the Rosary Garden of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on June 8, 2024. ( CS photo by Mihoko Owada)
Washington Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar presides at a Benediction outside the Saint John Paul II National Shrine at the conclusion of a Eucharistic procession on June 8.(Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Fatima Vasquez-Molina speaks during a catechesis on the Eucharist outside the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington on June 8. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
After leading a Benediction at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C. at the conclusion of a Eucharistic procession on June 8, Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar greets a man in a wheelchair. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
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