As part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage when it arrived in the nation’s capital on the evening of June 5, 2026, Father Charles Trullols, the director of the Catholic Information Center in Washington, holds the Eucharist aloft as he offers a special blessing for America near the Washington Monument, accompanied by nine young adult “Perpetual Pilgrims.” Those pilgrims are traveling with the Eucharist along the East Coast this summer as the National Eucharist Pilgrimage commemorates the nation’s 250th anniversary with the theme, “One Nation Under God.” (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
People kneel and pray near the Washington Monument as Father Charles Trullols, the director of the Catholic Information Center in Washington, offers a special blessing for the nation with the Eucharist on the evening of June 5, 2026 as part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Father Charles Trullols, the director of the Catholic Information Center in Washington, holds the Eucharist aloft as he leads a procession from near the Washington Monument on the evening of June 5, 2026 after offering a special blessing for America with the Eucharist there after the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage arrived in Washington, D.C., to prayerfully commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Father Charles Trullols, the director of the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C., celebrates a Votive Mass of the Eucharist outside the center on June 6, 2026 that was attended by an estimated crowd of about 1,000 people who then joined the center’s fourth annual Eucharistic procession through the streets of Washington that was part of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary with the theme, “One Nation Under God.” (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
An estimated crowd of about 1,000 people kneel in prayer during a Votive Mass of the Eucharist outside the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C. on June 6, 2026 that was followed by the center’s fourth annual Eucharistic procession through the streets of Washington that was part of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary with the theme, “One Nation Under God.” (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
Girls who recently received their First Holy Communion drop rose petals to help lead a Eucharistic procession through the streets of Washington, D.C. on June 6 that was held as part of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s arrival in the nation’s capital. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Father Charles Trullols, the director of the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C., holds the Eucharist aloft in a monstrance during the center’s fourth annual Eucharistic procession in the nation’s capital on June 6, 2026, which was part of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary with the theme, “One Nation Under God.” An estimated crowd of about 1,000 people participated in the Eucharistic procession through the streets of downtown, Washington, D.C. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
An estimated crowd of about 1,000 people participate in a Eucharistic procession through the streets of Washington, D.C., on June 6 that was part of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s arrival in the nation’s capital and coincided with the fourth annual Eucharistic procession in the city sponsored by the Catholic Information Center there. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
People in an estimated crowd of about 1,000 people participate in a Eucharistic procession through the streets of Washington, D.C., on June 6 that was part of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s arrival in the nation’s capital and coincided with the fourth annual Eucharistic procession in the city sponsored by the Catholic Information Center there. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
A man and a woman hold a banner for the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage as they lead a Eucharistic procession through the streets of Washington, D.C., on June 6. The Catholic Information Center in Washington’s fourth annual Eucharistic procession in the city was held in conjunction with the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Walking past Lafayette Square with the White House seen in the background, Father Charles Trullols, the director of the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C., holds the Eucharist aloft in a monstrance during the center’s fourth annual Eucharistic procession in the nation’s capital on June 6, 2026, which was part of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary with the theme, “One Nation Under God.” An estimated crowd of about 1,000 people participated in the Eucharistic procession through the streets of downtown, Washington, D.C. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Walking past Lafayette Square with the White House seen in the background, Father Charles Trullols, the director of the Catholic Information Center in Washington, D.C., holds the Eucharist aloft in a monstrance during the center’s fourth annual Eucharistic procession in the nation’s capital on June 6, 2026, which was part of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary with the theme, “One Nation Under God.” An estimated crowd of about 1,000 people participated in the Eucharistic procession through the streets of downtown, Washington, D.C. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
People, including children who recently received their First Holy Communion, kneel in prayer at an altar station during a Eucharistic procession through the streets of Washington, D.C., on June 6 that was part of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s arrival in the nation’s capital and coincided with the fourth annual Eucharistic procession in the city sponsored by the Catholic Information Center there. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
People kneel in prayer at an altar station during a Eucharistic procession through the streets of Washington, D.C., on June 6 that was part of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s arrival in the nation’s capital and coincided with the fourth annual Eucharistic procession in the city sponsored by the Catholic Information Center there. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
A man with a boy on his shoulders joins an estimated crowd of 1,000 people kneeling in prayer at an altar station during a Eucharistic procession through the streets of Washington, D.C., on June 6 that was part of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s arrival in the nation’s capital and coincided with the fourth annual Eucharistic procession in the city sponsored by the Catholic Information Center there. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
People in an estimated crowd of about 1,000 people participate in a Eucharistic procession through the streets of Washington, D.C., on June 6 that was part of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s arrival in the nation’s capital and coincided with the fourth annual Eucharistic procession in the city sponsored by the Catholic Information Center there. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
People kneel in prayer at an altar station during a Eucharistic procession through the streets of Washington, D.C., on June 6 that was part of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s arrival in the nation’s capital and coincided with the fourth annual Eucharistic procession in the city sponsored by the Catholic Information Center there. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
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