
Eucharistic Pilgrimages
June 6 - 22, 2025

JOIN FOR A DAY, AN HOUR
OR THE FULL 2 WEEKS
Join us along the California Camino Real as we continue the life-changing experience and momentum from the 2024 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. We will meet up in Southern California with the national pilgrims traveling in from Indianapolis, culminating June 22, 2025 in Los Angeles on the Feast of Corpus Christi.
Accompanying our Lord in the Eucharist, we will visit all 21 California Missions, including Works of Mercy, Jubilee and other pilgrimage events along the way. Prayer intentions will be gathered at each stop and carried with us for a special ceremony during our closing mass at the Cathedral in Los Angeles.
The Holy Spirit is building a Camino de California for the conversion of souls, one at a time, for His glory!
Be a part of this!
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Day pilgrims
Join us for a moment or a day’s events. Everyone’s welcome! Invite your family and friends. Most pilgrims choose this option and you can just show up.
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Eucharistic pilgrims
Travel and witness for 2 weeks with bonus events. We help find housing options. Pilgrims cover their own costs. See also below.
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Perpetual pilgrims
Seminarians will journey with Jesus on the California Mission Trail, led by clergy and followed by a support van.
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Pilgrim hosts
Our pilgrims and clergy rely on the biblical hospitality of local hosts: families, parishes, religious orders, schools and shrines along the way.
EUCHARISTIC PILGRIMAGE ITINERARY
(preliminary and subject to change)
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Eucharistic pilgrim kick-off, dinner, adoration
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8:30am Mass St Francis Solano
Mission SF Solano
Mission San Rafael
Rosary Golden Gate Bridge
Mission Dolores
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9:00am Mass Mission Dolores Bishop Barber
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8:00am Mass Mission San Jose
10:30am Mission Santa Clara 4.6mi Eucharistic Procession to Our Lady of Peace with Bishop Cantu
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8:30am Mass Holy Cross Santa Cruz
Eucharistic Procession
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7:45am Mass San Carlos Cathedral
1mi Eucharistic Procession to Serra Park
7mi Pilgrimage to Carmel Mission Basilica
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3:00pm Mass Holy Trinity Greenfield
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8:00am Mass Mission San Antonio
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12:00 Noon St Mary’s Santa Maria
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8:00am mass Mission Santa Ynez
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7:00pm Pilgrim Mass Mission San Diego
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9:00am Balboa Park - Eucharistic Procession
11:00am St Joseph Cathedral - Jubilee Site visit and Eucharistic Procession
12:00pm Mass Our Lady of the Rosary Church
3:00pm - 7:00pm Praise & Worship at Bonita Cove Park
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8:00am Mass Mission San Luis Rey
12:00 Noon Mass Our Lady of Fatima, Orange
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8:15am Mass Christ Cathedral
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3:00pm Mission San Gabriel
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Closing Mass LA Cathedral
As Chairman of the National Eucharistic Congress, I am happy to offer my support for the Camino de California.
The Camino de California is an ambitious Eucharistic Pilgrimage that will visit all 21 historic missions throughout the state of California with the Blessed Sacrament this summer, beginning in the northern part of the state and then traveling southward. The Camino team will meet up with our 2025 Drexel Route pilgrims in San Diego and continue the remainder of the journey with them to Los Angeles.
Though the Camino de California is an independently organized effort, distinct from the National Eucharistic Congress and Pilgrimage, I am glad to see the development of another program that fosters Eucharistic encounters.
Bishop Andrew Cozzens, Chairman of the Board, National Eucharistic Congress

IF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CALLING YOU TO JOIN US
FOR THE FULL TWO WEEKS, PLEASE READ THIS!
Thank you for your interest in following our Lord as a Eucharistic Pilgrim during the 2025 California Eucharistic Pilgrimage. We are very excited for this opportunity to be instruments of God’s love and mercy in California during this Jubilee Year of Hope. This historic opportunity is being patterned after the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage which took place last summer, as “Perpetual Pilgrims” traveled from all four points of the compass, converging on Indianapolis for the 10th National Eucharistic Congress. Our Patroness for this pilgrimage is Our Lady of Guadalupe.
This California Eucharistic Pilgrimage will officially start at Mission Dolores in San Francisco on Saturday morning June 7th and end at the Cathedral in Los Angeles on Sunday June 22nd. “Vigil” events will take place on Friday at Mission Sonoma and San Raphael. We strongly encourage all Eucharistic Pilgrims to join us on Thursday evening June 5th, where we will gather for dinner and orientation with our fellow pilgrims. A “Pilgrim Packet” will be provided at that time which will include:
• Maps and route logistical information
• Spiritual and Jubilee information (including prayers, meditations and song sheets)
• Information on Works of Mercy opportunities
• Pilgrim passports (we will be getting stamps at all 21 missions!)
• Car magnets to identify your vehicle as a member of our caravan
• Polo shirts to identify you as a Eucharistic Pilgrim during official events (optional)
A donation will be requested to help us cover the costs of these items.
THERE WILL BE MANY HOLY MOMENTS DURING THIS PILGRIMAGE:
v ACCOMPANYING OUR LORD IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST FOR TWO WEEKS. The Blessed Sacrament will be shepherded by our holy priests and seminarians, leading our procession in a “Eucharistic Van”, specially designed to carry our Lord in adoration from stop to stop. The Franciscans of the Renewal will be providing priests, brothers and seminarians for the entire two weeks of this pilgrimage. Our Eucharistic Pilgrims will have the opportunity to participate in all public and private events during this pilgrimage.
v VISITING ALL 21 CALIFORNIA MISSIONS. Pilgrim masses, adoration, benedictions and more. Those pilgrims documenting their pilgrim passport with stamps from all 21 missions will be entitled to special recognition and a “compostela” acknowledging the completion of their 2025 Jubilee pilgrimage.
v JUBILEE EVENTS. Stops will include pilgrimage sites designated by our bishops for special graces during this Jubilee Year.
v WORKS OF MERCY. Our pilgrimage will have designated Work of Mercy opportunities for those wishing to participate. We will be reflecting and acting on the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy, including visits to homeless shelters, foodbanks, cemeteries, prisons, pregnancy counseling centers and others along our pilgrimage route.
v PRAYER INTENTIONS. We will be gathering prayer intentions from our stops to add to our own, which will be prayed over and carried along our pilgrimage, to be processed up to the altar during our closing mass at the Cathedral in Los Angeles.
v MEETING UP WITH THE INDIANAPOLIS PILGRIMS. We will join our fellow pilgrims traveling from Indianapolis at a special mass at Mission San Diego. We will then travel alongside them for the remainder of the pilgrimage.
v CLOSING MASS AT THE LOS ANGELES CATHEDRAL. By special arrangement, our Eucharistic Pilgrims will be attending the closing mass at the Los Angeles Cathedral on Corpus Christi Sunday.
v AND MORE! There are some additional very special events in the works which we will be able to share with you later.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
1. Eucharistic Pilgrims will be responsible for their own transportation, lodging and meals. We will be providing lodging options that you will be booking on your own. Some stops may offer host family or retreat-type lodging options on a first-come, first-served basis. Some meals will be provided though the hospitality of our host parishes. Please budget this pilgrimage as you might a two-week vacation.
2. We anticipate hotel, RV and camping options.
3. This is not a walking pilgrimage (join us in 2026 for that!). However, there will be Eucharistic Processions each day, ranging from a mile up to around 6 miles.
4. We plan to leave each stop better than we found it. Please plan to be generous with your time and resources along the way. Opportunities for donations of food, clothing and money will be a part of this pilgrimage…more on that later.
5. Applications to participate as Eucharistic Pilgrims will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. We do not anticipate turning anyone away, but the size of our group may become a limiting factor.
6. All Eucharistic Pilgrims will be asked to sign a waiver of liability.
If all this sounds like something you would like to commit to, please send us the following information:
• Names (all those in your party)
• Address
• Phone
• Type of lodging (hotel, RV, camping)
We will confirm receipt of your application and provide updates as they become available. We anticipate providing confirmed dates for each of our stops, along with lodging options, by the end of February.
Please note that we are an all-volunteer organization seeking to serve our Lord during this Jubilee event.
Please email us to sign up! …or with any specific questions (use the button above under Eucharistic Pilgrims).
We look forward to journeying with you on this historic pilgrimage!
In Christ,
Pablo and Lourdes Torres
Eucharistic Pilgrim Coordinators
