HASTINGS, Neb. – The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage made stops in Central Nebraska Tuesday afternoon on route to its final destination.

In Hastings at Saint Michael's Catholic Church, hundreds gathered to join the pilgrimage to participate in a nationwide movement to revive the catholic faith.

Participants walked over two miles from Saint Michael's to Saint Cecilia's in Hastings part of a 2,200 mile journey that began in San Francisco one month ago today.

Members and organizers with Hastings catholic churches joined the national pilgrimage for the first time this year, and say they're doing it for good reason.

"In some ways, to walk with Jesus. In the gospel of Luke, Chapter 24, it talks about how two disciples were accompanied with Jesus as they walked from one place to another," said St. Michael's Pastor Fr. Jeremy Hazuka. "We believe Christ's real presence is here, and so we walk with Jesus from one side of town to the other."

The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is a two-month journey organized in conjunction with a three-year-long Eucharistic revival campaign by the U.S. Catholic bishops.

The pilgrimage consists of four different routes beginning at opposite sides of the country and meeting for the first National Eucharistic Congress in 83 years.

The meeting is in Indianapolis from July 17-21.

Altogether, the four National Eucharistic Pilgrimage routes will cover about 6,500 miles, 27 states and 65 diocese.

Before Hastings, the pilgrimage stopped in Holdrege Tuesday morning. It will stop in Grand Island, Doniphan, Lincoln, and Gretna before moving east of Nebraska.