Moved by Faith: Transnational experience, local perspective.The Belgians at the Eucharistie Congress of Chicago (1926)

From 20th to 24th June 1926, the Eucharistie Congress of Chicago brought together almost a million pilgrims from around the world. For the Belgian delegation led by Bishop Mgr Heylen, the president of the Eucharistie Congress, it was a genuine discovery. Having set off with a highly favourable opinion of the United States, which had helped (Poor Little Belgium) a lot during the First World War, the Belgian pilgrims were dazzled by both the technical means on display and the mobilization of American Catholics. Upon their return to Belgium, these pilgrims related their experience with great enth... Mehr ...