National Eucharistic Congress
Joel Thomas Stepanek currently serves as the Vice President of Programming and Administration for the National Eucharistic Congress since December 2022. Prior to this role, Joel held various leadership positions at Life Teen, Inc. from February 2012 to December 2022, including Vice President of Parish Services and Director of Resource Development. Joel began a career in youth ministry at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church as the Director of Youth Ministry from July 2007 to February 2012. Educational credentials include a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Colorado State University Global and a Master of Arts in Religion and Religious Education from Fordham University Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education.
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National Eucharistic Congress
The National Eucharistic Congress, Inc. was formed by the United States Catholic Bishops in February 2022 as a key outreach of the missionary call of the Church. Its mission is to host the first National Eucharistic Congress since 1941 and a National Eucharistic Procession leading up to this milestone moment. It will then be tasked with continuing the missionary transformation of the Church by perpetuating the grassroots movement of the three-year Eucharistic Revival: continuing to form leaders, send Eucharistic Missionaries to the margins, spread Eucharistic Processions and Adoration, and re-establish National Eucharistic Congresses as key opportunities for Catholics in the United States to encounter Jesus Christ and be sent on mission “for the life of the world.”