The capital of Australia, Sydney, will host the next International Eucharistic Congress in 2028. The local archbishop, Anthony Fisher, has held several meetings with the Vatican to prepare for the event.
ANTHONY FISHER, OP
Arzobispo de Sydney
You have a great opportunity to evangelize and catechize and excite people about the faith. Then the celebration itself, and then the years afterwards of reaping the fruits of that.
In Archbishop Fisher's opinion, the challenge is for Catholics to value the Eucharist.
ANTHONY FISHER, OP
Arzobispo de Sydney
After the period of Covid, after a long period of secularization in Western Countries, like my own, there are a lot of Catholics who are not very connected with the Eucharistic or as connected as that should be.
And I would hope to rejuvenize people’s love for the Eucharistic, for the celebration of Eucharist, for praying with the Eucharist, for the Eucharistic community that is in each parish church and group.
The arrival of Catholics from the Philippines, Lebanon or Vietnam to the Archdiocese of Sydney has brought a new vitality to some traditions never seen before in Australia.
ANTHONY FISHER, OP
Arzobispo de Sydney
Our Corpus Christi procession is growing and growing and growing every year to such a scale that it is now is a very major operation, and it close many streets to make it happen. We also have processions for Our Lady, procession for for St Joseph. The processions are growing and growing in Sydney.
It's a popular piety that paves the way for the next International Eucharistic Congress in Sydney.
JH
