The Importance of Perpetual Eucharistic Revival

“Could you not watch one hour with me?” (Mt 26:40)

Drawing from his best-selling book 30 Day Eucharistic Revival: A Retreat with St. Peter Julian Eymard, world-renowned speaker and author Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, delivers a compelling presentation inviting all to fall in love with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. In this talk, Fr. Calloway calls for concrete actions to foster a perpetual Eucharistic revival:

Establish Eucharistic adoration – it transforms parishes, priests, and parishioners, bringing healings and blessings. “This is a no-brainer!”
Promote frequent confession – sin burdens the soul; confession is like a “spiritual diaper change.”
Position the tabernacle prominently in the sanctuary as the central focus.
Genuflect properly and reverently before the Blessed Sacrament.
Dress modestly – cover up appropriately, even at Catholic weddings; wear your Sunday best.
Maintain silence to preserve a prayerful atmosphere in church.
Receive Holy Communion on the tongue to prevent profanation; no one should be denied this reverence.
Use altar rails where possible.
Limit Extraordinary Ministers at Novus Ordo Masses to extraordinary circumstances – they are not the norm.
Defend the Latin Mass – its attendees (99.9%) deeply believe in the Real Presence, have large families, avoid contraception, and uphold the faith.
Heed Our Lady’s prophecies about our times.
Embrace humility in implementing these practices.
Make the greatest pilgrimage to the Eucharist Itself.

“If souls understood what treasure they possess in the Divine Eucharist, it would be necessary to protect tabernacles with impregnable ramparts, because in the delirium of a holy and devouring hunger, they would go themselves to feed on the manna of the Seraphim. Churches at night as in daytime would overflow with worshippers, wasting away with love for the august prisoner.”
– Blessed Dina Belanger

Note: The video introduction includes an analogy about rising mind-altering drug addictions (e.g., gummies), which is not in the book. Feel free to skip ahead if preferred.

Watch Fr. Calloway’s presentation | Chapters from the book

Book Overview: 30 Day Eucharistic Revival

Several popes have called St. Peter Julian Eymard (1811–1868) “the Apostle of the Eucharist.” Yet, his extraordinary life and efforts to foster love for the Blessed Sacrament remain underappreciated by many Catholics. This book changes that.

30 Day Eucharistic Revival guides you, your family, and future generations toward a renewed belief in Christ’s Real Presence. St. Peter Julian lived amid widespread Eucharistic indifference – much like today:

“I fear that people are wandering too far from the Holy Eucharist, that this mystery of love par excellence is not sufficiently proclaimed. So souls are suffering, becoming more sensual and materialistic in their devotional life and inordinately attached to human beings. It is because they don’t know how to find their consolation and strength in our Lord.”
– St. Peter Julian Eymard

Purchase the book here

Endorsements

“Just as he did for the Year of St. Joseph, Fr. Calloway has provided a useful and practical tool to make the National Eucharistic Revival pastoral initiative a moment of grace and conversion… I strongly endorse it.”
– Most Rev. Joseph F. Naumann, DD, Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas

“As a new convert… St. Peter Julian Eymard was one of the first authors I read on the Holy Eucharist… This retreat has the capacity to transform a whole parish.”
– Most Rev. James D. Conley, DD, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska

“30 Day Eucharistic Revival is a wonderful book that will help people fall in love with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament… especially young people.”
– Antonia Salzano Acutis, mother of Blessed Carlo Acutis

Perpetual Eucharistic Revival Through Adoration in Every Parish and School

With the National Eucharistic Revival, Pilgrimage, and Congress, Jesus seeks to heal us lastingly through His Real Presence in adoration. Our apostolate, with years of experience promoting perpetual adoration, celebrates near-universal success in the Diocese of Wichita, Kansas – a city of under 400,000 (Catholics: ~100,000; 90 parishes; 34 schools; one bishop).

A Proven History

1986: Perpetual adoration begins at St. Francis of Assisi parish, inspired by a diocesan newspaper article.
Bishop Eugene Gerber’s vision: Integrated adoration into “stewardship” (time, talent, treasure). No mandate, but natural growth via sign-up weekends, lay missionaries, prayer, and fasting.
Results: Nearly every parish offers round-the-clock adoration (some partial post-COVID); every school has regular sessions.

A photo album of 300 chapels impressed bishops and aired on EWTN.

Spiritual and Vocational Fruits

Ordinations surged: 10/year (2016–2017); now 40+ seminarians (peak: 60+); 4 diocesan priests became bishops since 1998.
Sandy Rongisch: “I truly believe it is the adoration… that nourishes their souls.”

Parish Stewardship Success

Diocesan “stewardship” funds 33 tuition-free Catholic schools (no government aid). Parishioners tithe ~8% of income, enabling adoration and education.

Adoration for Children

St. Padre Pio: “The prayers of children will save the world.”

Schools: Weekly/monthly sessions (principal/pastor decide); First Fridays: full-school adoration with monstrance; second Mondays: classroom visits ending in Litany of the Sacred Heart.
Volunteers: Background-checked, trained; led by priests, teachers, parents, or children.

Read the full article here: PERPETUAL EUCHARISTIC REVIVAL THROUGH ADORATION IN EVERY PARISH AND SCHOOL PDF

Our Apostolate: Spreading the Revival Worldwide

As an approved collaborator of the USCCB National Eucharistic Revival, Apostolate of Eucharistic Adoration Inc. promotes adoration in every parish and school. We assist with:

Sign-up weekends (25–60% participation!).
Sermons, forms, scheduling databases.
Remote/in-person training.

Contact: www.perpetualeucharisticadoration.com | 1-800-784-9550

“Every perceptible particle of the Eucharist is Jesus. ‘If any one denieth, that, in the venerable sacrament of the Eucharist, the whole Christ is contained under each species, and under every part of each species, when separated; let him be anathema.’”
– Council of Trent

(Note: While it is still a grave error to deny this, the 1983 Code of Canon Law abrogated the penalty of “anathema” mentioned in the Council of Trent, which had historical value, but is not current law. Catholic Apologist Jimmy Akin actually has a brief article on the change.
See current Canons on the Eucharist on the Vatican website.)