On Memorial Day, May 25, the Eucharist traveled on the water from Florida to Georgia as part of the second day of the 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.
OSV News reported that there was a procession from St. Michael Church in Fernandina Beach, Florida, to the waterfront, then Bishop Erik T. Pohlmeier of St. Augustine offered a Eucharistic blessing tas the pilgrimage continued on from the Diocese of St. Augustine and went north toward the Diocese of Savannah on boat.
The 2026 pilgrimage, will travel up the East Coast for six weeks before concluding in Philadelphia on the July 4 weekend. It began May 24 at the historic Mission Nombre de Dios and the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche in St. Augustine.
After overnight Eucharistic adoration at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine, the pilgrimage departed for Jacksonville and then went farther north.
OSV News reported that there was a procession from St. Michael Church in Fernandina Beach, Florida, to the waterfront, then Bishop Erik T. Pohlmeier of St. Augustine offered a Eucharistic blessing tas the pilgrimage continued on from the Diocese of St. Augustine and went north toward the Diocese of Savannah on boat.
The 2026 pilgrimage, will travel up the East Coast for six weeks before concluding in Philadelphia on the July 4 weekend. It began May 24 at the historic Mission Nombre de Dios and the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche in St. Augustine.
After overnight Eucharistic adoration at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine, the pilgrimage departed for Jacksonville and then went farther north.
Source: https://www.osvnews.com/national-eucharistic-pilgrimage-sails-into-georgia-on-memorial-day/
Accompanying Bishop Pohlmeier on the boat with the Blessed Sacrament were priests, deacons, seminarians, and men and women religious. Also present — singing, and praying — were the perpetual pilgrims, nine young adults who are traveling the entire St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Route with the Blessed Sacrament.
Sailing behind the boat with the Blessed Sacrament were two vessels, as well as some smaller, private boats, including one filled with seminarians, dressed in cassocks and surplices. The main boat was flanked on all sides by police boats in an unique escort up St. Marys River.
On the St. Mary's shore, crowds of people waited to welcome the pilgrimage to its next destination. Among them were Bishop Stephen D. Parkes of Savannah, who received the Blessed Sacrament from Bishop Pohlmeier on the dock before the procession continued to the nearest parish.
The pilgrims will atten Mass, adoration and other events in the Diocese of Savannah until May 28, when they continue north to the Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina.
Accompanying Bishop Pohlmeier on the boat with the Blessed Sacrament were priests, deacons, seminarians, and men and women religious. Also present — singing, and praying — were the perpetual pilgrims, nine young adults who are traveling the entire St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Route with the Blessed Sacrament.
Sailing behind the boat with the Blessed Sacrament were two vessels, as well as some smaller, private boats, including one filled with seminarians, dressed in cassocks and surplices. The main boat was flanked on all sides by police boats in an unique escort up St. Marys River.
On the St. Mary's shore, crowds of people waited to welcome the pilgrimage to its next destination. Among them were Bishop Stephen D. Parkes of Savannah, who received the Blessed Sacrament from Bishop Pohlmeier on the dock before the procession continued to the nearest parish.
The pilgrims will atten Mass, adoration and other events in the Diocese of Savannah until May 28, when they continue north to the Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina.
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