Theme chosen for International Eucharistic Congress 2028

Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP announced the theme after it was confirmed by Fr Corrado Maggioni SMM, president of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses, on a visit to Australia in late September. 

During his visit, Fr Maggioni expressed the committee’s desire to emphasise the real and tangible sacrifice of Christ, who died for no other reason than love.

“This love-driven sacrifice is at the heart of Christian faith,” Fr Maggioni said. 

“Jesus’ words ‘This is my Body, given for you’ makes it clear that we cannot receive his body and remain unchanged. . . St Paul expresses this in Romans 12:1, we are to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice in the same way Christ does.” 

Archbishop Fisher said the theme encapsulates the entirety of the Christian story and the call it places on those who seek to follow Christ. 

“These words, spoken by Jesus at the Last Supper, speak not only of his passion, death and Resurrection and the gift of the Eucharist, but also the call to self-sacrificial love,” he said. 

“The richness of this theme will provide countless catechetical opportunities, enriched worship, renewed commitment to the promotion of vocations to priesthood, religious life and marriage, and more intentional service to the poor and vulnerable.” 

This will be the 54th International Eucharistic Congress. They are held every four years, with the last one held in Quito, Ecuador.  

It will be exactly 100 years since the 29th congress was hosted in Sydney, and the first time the congress has been in Australia since Melbourne hosted it in 1973. 

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Theme announced for International Eucharistic Congress 2028 (By Tara Kennedy/The Catholic Weekly)