University Catholics launch Eucharist28 preparations with campus procession

University of Sydney students and staff began preparations for the 2028 International Eucharistic Congress with a Mass and Eucharistic procession on Thursday, September 24. Approximately 130 participants joined Bishop Tony Percy and Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay as they carried the Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance through the campus. During the procession, the bishops blessed the four corners of the university's Quadrangle to symbolically extend the blessing to the institution.

During the Mass, Fr. William Loh OP spoke about the reach of God's mercy and its visibility through the Eucharist. Sr. Susanna Edmunds OP later encouraged students to share their faith in the period leading up to the congress in Sydney. Natalie Ambrose, the university chaplaincies coordinator, noted that the public procession across the four campuses serves as a way for students to witness to their faith and provides an opportunity for other students to encounter the Eucharist.