EUCHARISTIC CRUSADE. - A religious association, arisen and promoted by the Apostleship of Prayer, of which it is a section. Sketched by Fr. A. Bessières (1910-13) and founded at Toulouse in 1915, it began to spread rapidly throughout the world. In Italy it began to spread from 1921. In 1932, when Pius XI by apostolic letter of 6 August (Acta Romana S. I., 7 [1932-33], pp. 58-60) granted it the honorary title of "Primary," it counted 2,500,000 members. Its program and spirit are summed up in the formula: "Prayer, Eucharist, Sacrifice, Apostolate."
At first it recruited only boys and girls; more recently, especially abroad (France, Belgium, Canada, England) it has introduced with great profit also sections of young people and adults (Cadets and Cadettes, Crusaders, Knights, etc.). The E. C. is supported by its own general publications and by bulletins particular to each section: e.g., Hostia (Toulouse) for leaders; Croisé, Chevaliers du Christ; Cadettes du Christ; Ma jeunesse au Christ (there for the various sections). In Italy there is Il crociato della Eucaristia (Rome). Organized on the model of the Apostleship of Prayer, the E. C. does not shrink from any form of apostolate required by the changing circumstances of time and environment.
Bibliography5 worksA. Bonardi, La c. e. dei fanciulli, Rome 1928; G. Venturini, La c. e. dei fanciulli, ibid. 1929; A. Poulin-J. Laramée, Une école de formatio
BIBL.: A. Bonardi, La c. e. dei fanciulli, Rome 1928; G. Venturini, La c. e. dei fanciulli, ibid. 1929; A. Poulin-J. Laramée, Une école de formation, 2nd ed., Monreale 1941; P. Aloisi Masella, Manuale dell'Apost. della preghiera, 3rd ed., Rome 1943, pp. 117-137, 287-94; J. M. Derèy, Quid sit Cruciata Eucharistica Apostolatus orationis, in Conventus Apost. orationis, ibid. 1948, pp. 174-188.
Testore, Celestino. “Crociata Eucaristica.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 982–983. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/crociata-eucaristica.
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Testore, Celestino. “Crociata Eucaristica.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 982–983. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/crociata-eucaristica.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec4_crociata_eucaristica,
author = {Testore, Celestino},
title = {Crociata Eucaristica},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {982--983},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/crociata-eucaristica}
}
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