8 young adults embark on the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
‘The Lord still has many friends’: Meet the 8 young adults embarking on the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage
This summer, eight young adults — referred to as the Perpetual Pilgrims — are putting their careers, degrees, and hobbies on pause to accompany Jesus in the Eucharist through cities and towns en route from Indianapolis to Los Angeles.
Arthur “Ace” Acuña, a 2023 graduate of Princeton University, hails from Nevada but currently works in New Jersey for the Aquinas Institute, the campus ministry at Princeton, according to his Perpetual Pilgrim profile. He enjoys karaoke, cooking, and talking about faith and science. His encounter with Christ in the Eucharist during college changed his life, and through the Pilgrimage, he wants to share with others that opportunity to encounter Christ.
The eight Perpetual Pilgrims will embark May 18 from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis to follow the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage route, which is named this year after St. Katharine Drexel. The 2024 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage had four routes, from each cardinal direction of the United States, named after saints, including St. Juan Diego and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, which each converged in Indianapolis in July for the National Eucharistic Congress.