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<p>Eucharistic pilgrims in Oklahoma are being urged by leaders to respond to anti-Catholic protests during pilgrimages and processions with peace, humility and prayer.</p>
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<p>Eucharistic pilgrims in Oklahoma are being urged by leaders to respond to anti-Catholic protests during pilgrimages and processions with peace, humility and prayer. </p>
<p>The Diocese of Tulsa this week was host to <a href="https://www.eucharisticpilgrimage.org" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">the </a><a class="null" href="https://www.eucharisticpilgrimage.org" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="null">St. Katharine Drexel Route</a> <a href="https://www.eucharisticpilgrimage.org" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage</a>, which launched in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on May 18 and is set to finish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in late June. </p>
<p>On Friday, Eucharistic pilgrims marching through Tulsa were met at multiple points by counter-protesters shouting anti-Catholic rhetoric and slogans at the faithful, including through amplifiers. </p>
<p>At times protesters appeared to follow the crowd while chanting at them. Footage showed the faithful ignoring the demonstrations and continuing to follow the Blessed Sacrament. </p>
<p>Organizers of the national pilgrimage said the protest began with a few demonstrators following the procession and slowly grew over time to a reported 50 people regularly walking alongside the route.</p>
<p>Jason Shanks, the president of National Eucharistic Congress, said in a statement: “We know that bringing Christ to the streets will be met with resistance, and our prayerful message to them is one of conversion and hope.”</p>
<p>Organizers estimated that between 17,000 to 20,000 participants have traveled the procession so far. Images of the procession shared on social media showed a large turnout in downtown Tulsa on Friday. </p>
<p>“A beautiful evening in the [Diocese of Tulsa] as we welcomed pilgrims from the National Eucharistic Procession to the cathedral,” diocesan priest Father Brian O’Brien wrote on X. </p>
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">A beautiful evening in the <a href="https://twitter.com/DioceseofTulsa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DioceseofTulsa</a> as we welcomed pilgrims from the National Eucharistic Procession to the cathedral. </p>
<p>Fr. Kastl and I welcomed the pilgrims with buckets of holy water. <a href="https://t.co/UDjshXRhUm">pic.twitter.com/UDjshXRhUm</a></p>
<p>— Father Brian O&#8217;Brien (@frobrien) <a href="https://twitter.com/frobrien/status/1928644264927338769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2025</a> </p>
<p>The procession will next head to the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City before heading through Texas and then on through the Southwest. </p>
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