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Parish Toolkit Year Of The Eucharist
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Why a Year of the Eucharist?
On January 9, 2022, the Diocese of Paterson will inaugurate a Year of the Eucharist. The purpose of this year is to promote a renewed appreciation, understanding, and devotion of the Eucharist. This will be achieved using various catechetical, liturgical, and pastoral components on the diocesan and parish level. The highlight of the Year of the Eucharist will be the Diocesan Eucharistic Congress which will be held the weekend of September 23-25. The keynote speaker will be Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization.
What to Expect
Throughout this Year we will:
- Invite parishes to provide more opportunities for devotion and formation which is centered on the Eucharist
- Provide resources and study materials for devotion and study (see below)
- Feature video testimonies from a wide array of persons from throughout the Diocese of Paterson about their love for and relationship with the Eucharist
- Encourage participation in five diocesan-wide events for the Year of the Eucharist, the highlight being the Eucharistic Congress
Check below for updated resources and parish tools.
Click here for QR Code to DOP Year of The Eucharist Web Page
If you are planning an event please fill out this form so we can help promote it.
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the source and summit"The Eucharist is 'the source and summit of the Christian life.' 'The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself, our Pasch.'" -
Catechism of the Catholic Church 1324
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Parish Resources
- Resources for Adoration with Children (for Catechists and Teachers)
- Adult Study Materials and Programs
- USCCB On Year of Eucharist
- Other Parish Initiatives
- Media
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Resources for Adoration with Children (for Catechists and Teachers)
- Children of Hope
- Guided Children's Adoration
- Look to Him and Be Radiant
- Teaching Catholic Kids
- Catechist's Journey
- Come to Jesus, A Kid’s Book for Eucharistic Adoration
- Teaching Kids About Transubstantiation
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Adult Study Materials and Programs
- The Eucharist from Word on Fire
- Spiritual Exercises for the Year of the Eucharist from the Oblates of the Virgin Mary
- The Eucharist in Scripture from the St. Paul Center
- I Am the Bread of Life from Loyola Press
- Eucharist: Discovering the Mass in the Bible from The Augustine Institute
- The Sacraments: Discovering the Treasures of Divine Life from St. Benedict Press
- A Biblical Walk through the Mass from Ascension Press
- The Mass Explained App
- Daughters of St. Paul Adoration Guide
- https://adorationguide.wordpress.com
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USCCB on Eucharist
- https://www.usccb.org/eucharist
- Sophia SketchPad: The Eucharist Video
- The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Sacrament of the Eucharist: Basic Questions and Answers
- An Interview on the Doctrine of Transubstantiation
- Bishop Barron on the Real Presence
- Select documents and resources on the Church’s teaching: Study, pray, and ask the question, Lord, how are you calling me to grow and to act on your truth?
- Believing, celebrating, and living the mystery of the Eucharist: In Pope Benedict XVI’s Sacramentum Caritatis(2007), read, reflect, and pray about how the Eucharist is a mystery to be believed, to be celebrated, and to be lived.
- The Church draws her life from the Eucharist: In St. John Paul II’s last encyclical letter on the Eucharist and the Church, Ecclesia de Eucharistia(2003), read, reflect, and pray about how central the mystery of the Eucharist is to the very life of the Church and to our lives as disciples.
- Reclaim Sunday as the Lord’s Day and a day of rest, prayer, and fellowship: In St. John Paul II’s Dies Domini(1998), read, reflect, and pray about the gift of Sunday as the day of all days and how we can live out this day in the way the Lord is calling us.
- The Eucharist commits us to the poor: The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that the Eucharist leads us to serve and be close to the poor and most vulnerable among us, as Pope Francis continues to emphasize admirably. Read, reflect, and pray about the gift and challenge of Catholic social teaching.
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Other Recommended Parish Initiatives
- Appoint a parish coordinator who can promote parish and diocesan events in the parish and have contact with the diocese
- Eucharistic Missionaries – Each parish can select “missionaries” from among the parishioners, perhaps Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion who can commit to weekly prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, participation in Year of Eucharist events, and initiating parish programs for the Year of the Eucharist
- Eucharistic Adoration during “Welcome Home” Reconciliation on Mondays in Lent
- Promote Eucharistic Adoration and Catechesis for parishioners, schools, religious education programs
- Invite the Office of Worship to offer formation for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and Readers
- Promote social media graphics and messages centered on the Eucharist
- Consider offering Eucharistic processions on special occasions/feast days throughout the year
- Promote, livestream, and take pictures, where possible, of your parish initiatives for the Year of the Eucharist and post with the hashtag #weare1bodynj
- Add an intention in the Universal Prayer for a renewed Eucharistic life
- Consider ways to invite those who may not be connected to the parish to get to know the community and to get to know more about Jesus Christ.
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Year of the Eucharist Logo
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Click here for QR Code to DOP Year of The Eucharist Web Page
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