Diocese of Salt Lake City’s Eucharistic Rally draws 10,000 Catholics

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SANDY, Utah (OSV News) — Coming from Logan and St. George, from Tooele and Vernal, from Salt Lake and all parishes and missions between, an estimated 10,000 Utah Catholics gathered July 9 for the Diocesan Eucharistic Rally and Mass at the Mountain America Exposition Center in Sandy.

The rally culminated the diocesan phase of the three-year Eucharistic Revival of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which is meant “to restore understanding and devotion to this great mystery here in the United States by helping us renew our worship of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist,” according to eucharisticrevival.org.

“This is a really momentous day in the history of our diocese, and I am tremendously grateful that you are here,” Father Christopher Gray, the diocesan Eucharistic Revival point person, told those who gathered for the event’s opening prayer. He gave his comments in English and Spanish.

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Diocese of Salt Lake City's Eucharistic Rally draws 10,000 Catholics

Coming from Logan and St. George, from Tooele and Vernal, from Salt Lake and all parishes and missions between, an estimated 10,000 Utah Catholics gathered July 9 for the Diocesan Eucharistic Rally and Mass at the Mountain America Exposition Center in Sandy.

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