“The Eucharist is ‘the source and summit of the Christian life’" (CCC 1324). It is the very high point of our faith. It is where we can encounter and love Christ intimately. The recipient of the Holy Eucharist is unified with Christ and receives the Divine Life in a very real way. Jesus said “whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life…” (John 6:54). The Eucharist is truly a foretaste of the Heavenly banquet, Heaven touching Earth.
As pilgrims of the Camino de Santiago receive a passport to be stamped at each stop, the Diocese of Gary is offering a Eucharistic Adoration passport to the faithful of the diocese during this National Eucharistic Revival. The people of the Diocese of Gary are encouraged to join in prayer and pilgrimage by making a visit to the featured Eucharistic Adoration chapels. The Passport has boxes where you can mark off, via a stamp, the places you’ve prayed. The Diocese of Gary Eucharistic Passport will serve as a testament to your journey and to assist you in prayer while at each Adoration chapel.
The final Holy Hour will be on Friday, October 11 at 7 p.m. at the Carmelite Shrine in Munster. RSVP for the Holy Hour here.
May the Lord pour out abundant graces upon you as you begin this pilgrimage journey in the Diocese of Gary.
Eucharistic Adoration Passport Participating Parishes:
St. Patrick Church
Our Lady of Guadalupe Divine Mercy Adoration Chapel
638 N. Calumet Road, Chesterton, IN 46304
(219) 926-1282
Holy Hours Daily: 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.
*North of the main church building
Our Lady of Guadalupe
3510 Deodar Street, East Chicago, IN 46312
(219) 398-0253
*Turn left when entering main doors. Enter through main entrance glass doors, immediately go left through hallway, turn corner, go through glass door on your left, Chapel of Adoration is 2nd door on left side.
Holy Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, *Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Saturday: 7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Sunday: 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Every Friday 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Confessions & Exposition in the main church
St. Mary Church
4316 Indianapolis Blvd., East Chicago, IN 46312
(219) 398-2409
Tuesday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
*Enter through front door during office hours
Holy Family Parish
St. Joseph Church 109 “C” Street, LaPorte, IN 46350
(219) 362-9595
Daily 6 a.m. - 5 p.m.
*Located on Northside of the church on the corner of “B” and First Street
Salvatorian Fathers’ Our Lady of Czestochowa Shrine
5755 Pennsylvania Street, Merrillville, IN 46410
(219) 884-0714
Monday - Saturday: 7:30 a.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Sunday: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
*Exhibition via Luna
Queen of All Saints Legacy Center
Christ the King Adoration Chapel
1719 E Barker Avenue, Michigan City, IN 46360
(219) 872-9196
Daily 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.
*Enter through the south doors of the Legacy Center accessible byusing the Esther Street parking lot
St. John the Evangelist Log Cabin Adoration Chapel
9330 Wicker Avenue, St. John, IN 46373
(219) 365-5678 or Jackie (219) 365-5217
Daily 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.
*Southwest corner of 41st and 93rd
www.stjohnparish.org/prayer
St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Student Center
1511 LaPorte Avenue, Valparaiso, IN 46383
(219) 464-4042
Daily 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.
*Go through glass doors between the office and church. Go upstairs and through the hallway to the Chapel door on the left.
Find a full list of Eucharistic Adoration opportunities around the diocese here.
Frequently Asked Questions:
- What do I do when I arrive at an Adoration location?
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1. Bring your passport book to every location you visit.
2. Silence all electronic devices before entering the parish or chapel.
3. Visit a parish or chapel that is listed in this passport booklet during the hours of exposition.
4. Make a Holy Hour and spend time with Jesus in prayer. (Minimum of 30 minutes to obtain indulgences).
5. Sit or kneel in silence and contemplation. Offer your petitions, meditate on the Word of God by reading the bible, pray the rosary and/or chaplet, or pray the Litany of the Most Blessed Sacrament on the last pages of the passport book.
6. Stamp your passport with the stamp provided at the entrance of the church or chapel.
- What do I do if I don't have a paper passport?
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Passport booklets will be available in each of the Adoration locations listed above.
- How do I make a Holy Hour?
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Dividing your Holy Hour into four (4) 15 minute periods is recommended.
• First 15 minutes: Adoration. Realize WHO is present in the Holy Eucharist in Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity.
• Second 15 minutes: Repent, express sorrow, and make reparation for your sins.
• Third 15 minutes: Meditate and pray, offering up your petitions and intercessions.
• Last 15 minutes: Give thanksgiving for all that God has done and for the prayers he will answer in His own timing.
- What do I do once I've been to all of the locations and stamped my passport?
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You are invited to a Holy Hour on October 11, 2024 from 7-8 p.m. at the Carmelite Monastery in Munster, Indiana. The final stamp will be offered for your passport at this Holy Hour. It will also serve as the conclusion to this special time of the Eucharistic Revival adoration chapel visits and stamping your passports.
- What is an indulgence?
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An indulgence is what we receive when the Church lessens the temporal (lasting only for a short time) penalties to which we may be subject even though our sins have been forgiven.
The Bible indicates some punishments are eternal, lasting forever, but others are temporal. We normally focus on the eternal penalties of sin, because they are the most important, but Scripture indicates that temporal penalties are real.
When someone repents, God removes his guilt (Isa. 1:18) and any eternal punishment (Rom. 5:9), but temporal penalties, including purgatory, may remain.
God uses the Church when he removes temporal penalties. This is the essence of the doctrine of indulgences. The members of the Church became aware of this principle through the sacrament of penance. From the beginning, acts of penance were assigned as part of the sacrament because the Church recognized that Christians must deal with temporal penalties, such as God’s discipline and the need to compensate those our sins have injured.
In the early Church, penances were sometimes severe. But the Church recognized that repentant sinners could shorten their penances by pleasing God through pious or charitable acts that expressed sorrow and a desire to make up for one’s sin.
The Church associates certain pious practices with indulgences for the remittance of the temporal penalties for sin, such as spending 30 minutes in Eucharistic Adoration, praying a Rosary in a community, or spending 30 minutes reflecting on Sacred Scripture.
Source: Catholic Answers
- How do I receive an indulgence for going to Eucharistic Adoration?
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To gain a plenary indulgence (full remission offered only once a day) during your visit to the Adoration chapel, you must:
1. Visit the Blessed Sacrament for Adoration at least for a half hour.
2. Be in the state of grace.
3. Have the interior disposition of complete detachment from sin,even venial sin.
4. Have sacramentally confessed your sins within several days before or after you visit the Blessed Sacrament (one sacramental Confession suffices for several plenary indulgences).
5. Receive the Holy Eucharist within several days before or after you visit the Blessed Sacrament.
6. Pray for the intentions of the Pope (an “Our Father“ and a “Hail Mary“ are suggested).