Nat'l Eucharistic Procession visits Galveston-Houston

GALVESTON — Slowly moving under billowing palm, oak and magnolia trees, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo lifted high the monstrance with the Eucharist as he processed in front of a crowd of more than a thousand from St. Mary Cathedral Basilica to Sacred Heart Church in Galveston.

In an epic celebration of both Corpus Christi Sunday and the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, the June 2 procession was the culmination of a series of events in the Archdiocese that drew thousands of Catholics from Houston and all over the world — some coming from as far as Canada and New York — turned out to celebrate and embrace Jesus in the Eucharist. 

Throughout the four-day visit, families with children, men and women religious, couples and people from a cross-section of Galveston-Houston's diverse faith communities turned out to encounter the pilgrimage.