National Eucharistic Pilgrimage announced with four major routes: Here’s how to join

The individuals have not yet been selected and will have to undergo an application and interview process.

Peterson also shared that the pilgrimage is working with the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors and plans to work with female religious orders to select seminarians and young women religious to join.

According to the National Eucharistic Revival’s website, approximately 100,000 Catholics are expected to participate. 

Here’s how you can participate

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s official website details each of the four routes along with the cities and dates.

More information on specific events will be posted as the pilgrimage draws closer. For now, those who are interested in participating, by either attending an event or walking along with the full-time pilgrims, can find which dates the pilgrimage will be passing through their area.

Though not a comprehensive list, below is a list of some of the major cities and locations along the four routes of the national pilgrimage.

West

Named the “Serra Route,” after St. Junipero Serra, the patron saint of California, the western route is the longest of the planned pilgrimages and will begin in San Francisco. The pilgrimage will then pass through Salt Lake City; Denver; Omaha, Nebraska; and St. Louis before ending in Indianapolis.

For more information on the western route, click here.

North 

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Since this route will stop at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion — the first Marian apparition site in the U.S. — it has been dubbed the “Marian Route.” The northern pilgrimage will start from Bemidji, Minnesota, and pass through Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and Notre Dame, Indiana.

For more information on the northern route, click here.

East 

The eastern route has been named the “Seton Route” after the first American-born saint to be canonized, Elizabeth Ann Seton. It will begin in New Haven, Connecticut, and pass through New York City; Philadelphia; Washington, D.C.; Pittsburgh; Steubenville, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; and Cincinnati.

For more information on the eastern route, click here.

South