National Eucharistic Pilgrimage - Cookout and Social - Peaks Island

As part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, a cookout and social will be held at St. Christopher Church on Peaks Island on Thursday, June 25, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

There will be a eucharistic procession at 1:45 p.m. from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland to the Casco Bay Ferry Lines Terminal and then ride a diocesan‑chartered ferry to Peaks Island while adoring our Eucharistic Lord. Seating is limited to 290 passengers, but the ferry will make multiple trips back and forth until 5 p.m. to accommodate those who wish to make the trip.

Once on the island, join in a 2:45 p.m. eucharistic procession to St. Christopher Church or, if arriving later, proceed to St. Christopher Church, 15 Central Avenue for eucharistic adoration from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., including a witness talk from one of the perpetual pilgrims, and then the cookout and social will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Stay for all the events or some of them, and then when you are ready to travel back, take the chartered ferry or any regularly scheduled ferry -- free of charge. Ferries leave the island at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 7:45 p.m., and 8:45 p.m.

 To attend an event that is part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, you are asked to please register here to assist those planning the events.  

A list of all the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage events in Maine may be found here.