Eucharistic Congress

With Eucharistic Congress a multi-day meeting is called at the international level in the Roman Catholic Church. Through the Eucharistic Congress Eucharistic worship is to be promoted and deepened the world among believers. It is each headed by the Pope or on behalf of a cardinal.

End of the 19th century took the initiative for such events by the Catholic Church in France. The first International Congress organized Philibert Vrau with the support of Pope Leo XIII. in Lille. A constant Pontifical Committee to the Holy See looks after these take place at different locations in the world gatherings of clergy, members of the consecrated life and lay people. The respective Eucharistic Congresses are usually under a theme, which refers to the true according to the teaching of the Catholic Church presence of Jesus Christ in the sacrament of the Eucharist and other related to the country or the continent of each meeting or on a time- typical human aspiration takes.

The Eucharistic Congresses are designated with consecutive numbering. They take place at intervals of one to three years. During the two world wars and in the post-war period until 1952, these international faith meeting did not take place.

In Germany so far two of these international congresses have taken place; the 20th International Eucharistic Congress from 4 to 8 August 1909 in Cologne and the 37th International Eucharistic Congress from July 31 to August 7, 1960 in Munich.