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The Consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart, by Stephen P. White – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Apparition of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque of the Sacred Heart of Jesus | CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

By Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing, June 11, 2026

Stephen P. White is executive director of Saint John Paul II National Shrine and a fellow in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

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The bishops of the United States are gathered in Orlando, Florida this week for the USCCB’s annual June meeting. The conference’s June meetings are generally more low-key than the November plenaries in Baltimore. That said, this week the conference welcomes a new president (Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, who was elected last November) and a new apostolic nuncio (Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, who replaces Cardinal Christophe Pierre).

If there is an aspect to this June meeting which is likely to garner attention, it is this: This evening, June 11, 2026, the bishops of the United States will gather in the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe in Orlando and consecrate the United States of America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. …

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