BEMIDJI, Minn. – Catholic Bishops of Minnesota gathered with over 3,000 faithful from mainly across Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wisconsin during the Star of the North Eucharistic Congress, a major Eucharistic Revival event hosted jointly by the Dioceses of Crookston and Duluth on May 17-18. The congress was a collaboration between the two dioceses and preceded the May 19 commencement of the Marian Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage at the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Itasca State Park. The Diocese of New Ulm continued the celebration at the Ignite event at the Church of St. Anthony in Watkins. Those attending the events learned to increase their devotion to the Eucharist through talks, witness testimonies, fellowship, praise and worship, Mass, adoration, confession, and a Eucharistic procession. After the start of the Marian Pilgrimage everyone in the Diocese of New Ulm was invited to celebrate Ignite at St. Anthony in Watkins.
