Archdiocesan Corpus Christi Procession

Thank you
Millennium Ministries wishes to thank the many volunteers, donors, and supporters of the 2009 Archdiocesan Corpus Christi Procession, including:

the Most Reverend John C. Nienstedt, Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis;
the Most Reverend Lee A. Piché;
the Archdiocesan Office for Marriage, Family and Life;
the Very Reverend Joseph Johnson, Chaplain of Millennium Ministries;
the staff of the Cathedral of St. Paul;
the Little Sisters and the Holy Family staff and residents;
the Church of St. Boniface;
the seminarians of St. Paul Seminary and St. John Vianney Seminary (servers);
Relevant Radio 1330 AM;
St. John the Baptist Church–New Brighton (shuttle bus arrangements);
Fleur de Lis Fresh Flowers and Jim Strande Advance Insurance Agency
(Cathedral floral arrangements);
Minnesota Historical Society Alexander Ramsey House (parking lot);
the St. Paul Police Reserve and the City of St. Paul;
First Student Moundsview (safety vests);
Stephen and Jenni’s Domestic Church and Bridgeman’s Minnehaha Falls (ice cream);
North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Rotary Club (flowers and decoration);
Jim Strande Advance Insurance Agency (St. Stephen's/Holy Rosary bus subsidy);
Cathedral Young Adults (collection).

Got photos?
We'd love to receive any photos of this year's procession. You can send them to info@walkwithhim.net or call (651) 239-8574.

Next year: June 6, 2010
To receive a reminder notice or to volunteer for the 2010 Archdiocesan Corpus Christi Procession or to find out how your parish or group can get involved with next year's procession, send your name, e-mail address, phone number, and postal address to info@walkwithhim.net or call (651) 239-8574.

Upcoming local Eucharistic processions. rosary processions, and events

More reflections and information on the Holy Eucharist in the life of the Church

“[T]hink of yourselves as continuing the procession that we have just experienced.... Take that presence [of our Lord Jesus Christ] proudly and with full consciousness to all those you will meet during this next week. Share that presence joyfully and lovingly with every person you see—wherever they live, wherever they work, wherever they socialize. Let your personal Corpus Christi procession bring Christ to the world of your every day life.”

—The Most Reverend John C. Nienstedt, Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, homily, Archdiocesan Corpus Christi Procession, Cathedral of St. Paul, May 25, 2008.

Solemnity of the Body
and Blood of Christ

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Little Sisters of the Poor
to the Cathedral of St. Paul

1:15 - 1:45 Shuttle buses leave
     continuously from the
     Cathedral parking lot

2:00 Gathering at Little Sisters’
     and procession

3:00 Homily and Benediction
     at the Cathedral of St. Paul

3:30 Ice cream social

(Cathedral parish Masses are at noon and 5:00 p.m.)

Corpus Christi procession illumination from a 15th century Spanish breviary.

Join Catholics from throughout the Archdiocese for this joyful witness to Eucharistic faith, hope, and love.

Celebrant: The Most Reverend Lee A. Piché (Bishop-elect)

Homilist: The Very Reverend Joseph R. Johnson

“Christ gives us His Body in the Eucharist, He gives Himself in His Body and thus makes us His Body, He unites us with His Risen Body. If man eats ordinary bread, ... this bread becomes part of his body, transformed into a substance of human life. But in Holy Communion the inverse process is brought about. Christ, the Lord, assimilates us into Himself, introducing us into His glorious Body, and thus we all become His Body.”

—Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, December 10, 2008.

Procession songs
As we walk with the Lord, really and truly present in the Blessed Sacrament, we sing in His honor.
View the song lyrics.

More on Corpus Christi, processions, and the Holy Eucharist
Check out prayers, reflections, and more on the Holy Eucharist.
History of the procession.

My Jesus, I have only You.

— Blessed Jeanne Jugan (1792-1879), Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor.

Donations
The Corpus Christi Procession is made possible by the generosity of our hosts, the Cathedral of St. Paul and the Little Sisters of the Poor, the cooperation of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Office for Marriage, Family and Life, and the assistance of many donors and volunteers.

Donations to Millennium Ministries are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. If you would like to contribute to our work, please make out your check to Millennium Ministries and send it to P.O. Box 68, St. Bonifacius, MN 55375. (Millennium Ministries operates under the auspices of the Church of St. Boniface in St. Bonifacius, Mn.)

Contact us
For more information on how you, your family, or group can participate in the Archdiocesan Corpus Christi Procession, to reserve seating for your group, or to volunteer, contact Greg Smisek at Millennium Ministries at info@walkwithhim.net or (651) 239-8574.

Other local processions and events

“The devout participation of the faithful in the Eucharistic procession on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ is a grace from the Lord which yearly fills with joy those who take part in it.”

“In the humble signs of bread and wine, changed into His body and blood, Christ walks beside us as our strength and our food for the journey, and He enables us to become, for everyone, witnesses of hope. If, in the presence of this mystery, reason experiences its limits, the heart, enlightened by the grace of the Holy Spirit, clearly sees the response that is demanded, and bows low in adoration and unbounded love.”

—Pope John Paul II, encyclical letter Ecclesia de Eucharistia (Holy Thursday 2003), nn. 10 and 62.

More reflections on the Holy Eucharist in the life of the Church

Sponsored by Millennium Ministries in cooperation with the Archdiocesan Office for Marriage, Family and Life.