Catholic Fathers Take a Walk With Christ in the Eucharist

From Joseph Pronechen with National Catholic Register.

Dads processing behind the Eucharist on Father’s Day.

A new movement is encouraging such processions.

“In this year of celebration of St. Joseph, we find the perfect time to inspire men to their noble call of being Catholic fathers,” explained Kevin O’Brien, executive director of Men of Christ. He is one of six co-founders of a new movement established by a large network of Catholic laymen from around the country to remake Father’s Day into Catholic Father’s Day (CatholicFathersDay.com).

The movement is meant to inspire Catholic men by holding annual Eucharistic processions on Father’s Day for Catholic families.

According to its goals, this movement aims to “gather Catholic fathers and their families together once a year in June to renew their commitment to the heroic call to be Catholic fathers and to give glory to God the Father, to proclaim their commitment to Jesus Christ through Eucharistic processions, to draw down the Holy Spirit to strengthen men in faith and to seek the intercession of St. Joseph, the patron saint of the Church, fathers and families.”