Deacon Keith Galang carries a gold monstrance containing the Holy Eucharist during last year’s Eucharistic procession for the Feast of Corpus Christi. The procession, which begins at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa and ends at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, will be held this year on June 7. (HCH file photo)
Diocesan vicar general Father Gary Secor is scheduled to lead the diocese’s annual 1.25-mile eucharistic procession for the Feast of Corpus Christi, June 7.
The observance of the feast, also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, will begin with Mass celebrated by Father Secor at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa at 10:30 a.m.
Faithful who wish to participate in the eucharistic procession will gather at the co-cathedral after the liturgy at about 11:30 a.m.
The procession route covers nearly one and a quarter miles, starting at St. Theresa then going down School Street, over the freeway and onto Vineyard Street, leading to the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in downtown Honolulu.
Father Secor will lead the procession, carrying a monstrance holding the Holy Eucharist. Priests and deacons also help to carry the monstrance along the way.
Congregants will be invited to pray and sing hymns throughout the walk, which can take up to an hour for all marchers to complete.
The procession culminates at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, where adoration and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is expected to take place around 1:15 p.m.
A shuttle service will be available to take participants back to St. Theresa afterward. Marchers are encouraged to bring their own water bottles and sun protection for the walk.
The eucharistic procession has drawn hundreds of local faithful each year since Bishop Larry Silva started the church-to-church tradition in the Islands in 2007. The eucharistic procession a universal Catholic practice for the Corpus Christi feast.
According to “Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharist Outside Mass,” a Vatican document issued more than 40 years ago on the feast of Corpus Christi, a procession of “special importance and meaning of the pastoral life to the parish or city” is “desirable … when it can truly be a sign of common faith and adoration.”
For more information on the procession, contact the diocesan Office of Worship at 585-3342.
