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One if By Land, Two if By Sea, by Jeffrey Bruno  – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

One if By Land, Two if By Sea, by Jeffrey Bruno 

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Eucharistic procession down the Mississippie River. Photo courtesy of Fete Dieu du Teche. Fete-Dieu du Mississippi. Aug. 2024.

By Jeffrey Bruno, National Catholic Register, June 24, 2026

Jeffrey Bruno is an award-winning photojournalist and creative director whose vocation is to present the beauty and mission of the Catholic Church around the globe

 

As America approaches its 250th birthday, the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage carries Christ by land and sea, inviting a nation to remember its deepest foundations.

Jeffrey Bruno I love the sea.

Its mystery and drama, its promise of adventure…the way the horizon seems to stretch forever, blurring the line between what is and what might be.

Which is why, sitting alone on a rock jetty on Kent Island, and gazing out over the Chesapeake Bay, I began to wonder if I had made the wrong decision.

An hour earlier, I’d stood in Annapolis with the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, watching as pilgrims processed with Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament down a wooden pier and onto a waiting trawler. It was one of the more unusual scenes I have witnessed during this year’s pilgrimage.

A Eucharistic procession is not something most people expect to see….

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