By Katie Vasquez
Each bag is packed with precision and filled with information packets, magnificats, a prayer card, and a pin.
The 6,000 bags will be the favors handed out at the diocese’s event for the National Eucharistic Revival, an effort started by the U.S. bishops, so people can get to know Christ through the Eucharist. Different parts of the Diocese of Brooklyn are all coming together to participate in the national campaign.
Nearly 7,000 people will go to Maimonides Park in Coney Island for a day of Mass, a Eucharistic procession, and family catechesis.
The packing of the gift bags is a group effort among the young people hailing from Mary Queen of Heaven, St. Bernard Clairvaux, Resurrection, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Edmunds, and St. Bernard’s.
“I am excited for the revival,” said Melissa Wagner, director of faith formation at St. Bernard Clairvaux. “There’s been a lot of talking about it, so now as it gets closer, doing something like this has really kind of made it come alive,” Wagner said.
Students are doing their part and showing their faith to help the nationwide campaign.
“It’s good to help out people around us, to get to meet new people too,” said Faith Perlowitz, a parishioner at St. Bernard Clairvaux Parish.
“It’s good to be closer to Jesus, and to know himself, his life, and what he did for our lives, and his sacrifice, which was very important,” said Laleshka Alvarez, a student at St. Mark Catholic Academy.
If you want to watch the Mass from the Diocesan Eucharistic Revival event you can watch it live on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 9:45 AM on NET-TV.
Be sure to stay tuned to Currents News and read The Tablet for continuing coverage of the revival, the local preparations, for both the Diocese of Brooklyn’s event, and the national campaign.