Schedule & Map

UPDATE: The 2021 Eucharistic Congress will be an online/parish-based event, in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and rising rates of infection across the Diocese of Charlotte.
Families will receive a special “At-Home Guide” in the mail with their copy of
the Sept. 10 Catholic News Herald. For more free copies of the guide, call 704-370-3333 or download the PDF on the home page.

Convention Center floor plan - Exhibit Hall level — The English and Spanish program tracks, as well as the Holy Hour and closing Mass, will take place in the Exhibit Hall Level of the convention center. The Vietnamese program track will be held in Richardson Ballroom B (Level 3).

Friday, September 17, 2021 (Hall A)

6:45 p.m. – Welcome, Prayer and Introductions by Bishop Peter J. Jugis
7 p.m. – Byzantine Rite Vespers
8 p.m. – Dr. William Thierfelder, president of Belmont Abbey College: “My Imitation of Christ” (BIO)

College Track
7 – 10 p.m. – College Night program (St. Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Road East) with Alaina Swick, alumna of Appalachian State University. IMPORTANT: RSVPs are required. Learn more and sign up.

Nocturnal Adoration
10:30 p.m. – 7 a.m. at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Road East)

Saturday, September 18, 2021

8 a.m. – Priests’ Holy Hour (St. Peter Catholic Church)
9 a.m. – Outdoor Eucharistic Procession begins from St. Peter Catholic Church to the Charlotte Convention Center
10:15 a.m. – Eucharistic Adoration and Holy Hour homily by Fr. Tri Truong, pastor of St. Joseph Vietnamese Catholic Church in Charlotte (Hall A) (BIO)
10:45 a.m. – Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament (Hall A)
10:50 a.m. – Welcome, collection, announcements (Hall A)
11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Adoration in the Chapel (Hall B)
11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Confessions in English and Spanish (Hall B and Hall C)
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Vendors Area open (Hall B)
4:15 p.m. – Closing Mass with Bishop Peter J. Jugis, principal celebrant and homilist (Hall A)

English Track (Hall A)
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – Fr. Donald Calloway: “Consecration to St. Joseph in the Year of St. Joseph” (BIO)
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. – Sacred Music Concert by seminarians of the Diocese of Charlotte
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. – Dr. Gianna Emanuela Molla: “Saint Gianna and Pietro Molla: My Saint Mom and My Holy Dad. Living by Their Powerful Example of Love” (BIO)

Spanish Track (Hall C)
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – Fr. Edwin Alberto Romo García: “Eucaristía: Servicio, Entrega y Amor” (BIO)
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. – Gustavo Adolfo Mejía: “Jóvenes, El Reto de Presentar el Amor de Cristo” (BIO)
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. – Lupita Venegas: “Amor, Según el Querer de Cristo” (BIO)

Vietnamese Track (Upper Level: Richardson Ballroom B)
12:30 – 3:30 p.m. – Program and Confessions