A four-month campaign by our parish network inviting us to encounter Christ more deeply in Eucharistic Adoration. “ADORATIO” means (in Latin) to worship God. We desire to increase Adoration in the city of Albany, starting at our Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

Adoration is time spent with Jesus Christ, face-to-face, who is truly present in Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity in the Blessed Sacrament (His True Presence). Christ’s Body in the Holy Eucharist is reverently removed from the tabernacle and displayed in a monstrance where the faithful may adore Him.

We can adore Christ, who is truly present in the Holy Eucharist, when He is in the tabernacle or when He is exposed in a monstrance during Eucharistic Adoration. Some find that the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament allows for a more personal experience with Jesus that can help us to better contemplate the mystery of His Incarnation.

Eucharistic adoration draws us closer to Jesus, who gives peace, wisdom and strength to serve His Church and one another. Jesus Christ, God and Man, desires to pour out the Father’s divine life and love, the Holy Spirit, upon our deeply wounded world through His Eucharistic Sacrifice. Eucharistic adoration flows from (and leads to) the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and enables us more profoundly to receive Jesus in Holy Communion so that our intimate encounter with God transforms us into His Face of Mercy in our daily life of discipleship and service.

During His Eucharistic discourse, Jesus asks for us to gaze upon Him and to believe:
“Indeed, this is the will of My Heavenly Father, that everyone who looks upon the Son and believes in Him, shall have eternal life. Him I will raise up on the last day.” (John 6:40)

We are invited to pray in His Eucharistic presence and to gaze at Jesus as He gazes at us. Each person that spends time in His presence grows in holiness. In Adoring Him regularly at the Cathedral, we hope for the fruits of conversions, increased mass attendance, vocations to the priesthood and to the religious life, vocations to marriage, the return of those who have fallen away from the Church, and deepened Eucharistic devotion in our diocese.

Participating in a regularly scheduled Eucharistic adoration allows us to be intentional and consistent in our prayer life and leads to a deeper and more intimate prayer life with Jesus. Your commitment will help us to make sustained, weekly adoration a reality at the Cathedral, providing the faithful with more opportunities to adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament on a regular basis.

Although weekly Eucharistic Adoration would benefit every parish, we wish initially to focus on our Cathedral as the motherly heart of our Diocese. Like a loving Mother praying for all of her children, and like a heart pumping fresh blood to the body’s extremities, adoration at the Cathedral will benefit every parish in our Diocese’s 14 counties—and lift up the whole world to God. Likewise, adorers are welcome from everywhere, to bring their parish’s praise, thanksgiving, and needs to God in the principal church of His Immaculate Mother and the apostolic seat of our bishop, successor of the apostles.

We will begin on Corpus Christi, Thursday, June 4, 2026. We will continue to hold weekly adoration, every Thursday through Sunday.

Our initial weekly adoration hours will be:

Thursdays 7 am – 7 pm

Fridays 7 am – 9 pm

Saturdays 7 am – noon

Sundays 7 am – 11 am & noon – 5 pm

Prayerfully consider committing to a Holy Hour of Eucharistic Adoration every week as a permanent part of your prayer life.  Commit to spending one hour every week with our Lord at the Cathedral.

Yes, for a reoccurring weekly commitment, you must sign up for a full hour. However, you can also sign up as a substitute and to receive alerts when someone needs coverage for their commitment.

You can register for weekly hours or to be a substitute through the We Adore Him app: https://cathedralic.weadorehim.com/en

There should always be at least two people present for Eucharistic adoration to ensure proper reverence for Jesus exposed in the most Blessed Sacrament and for the safety of all adorers.

Jesus is truly present for us in the miracle of the Holy Eucharist. When He is exposed in the monstrance, He should never be abandoned. He asks us to watch and pray with Him as He asked His apostles in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mt 26:56). According to Canon Law, “The most Holy Sacrament, when exposed, must never be left unattended even for the briefest space of time.”

We are trying to fill early morning and daytime hours first, as well as Friday evenings, as these are more difficult times for people to regularly commit. However, if you are not available in those hours, any hour you can commit to adoring our Lord is most welcome!

We are looking for substitutes who can fill in for regular adorers as needed. You are also welcome to come adore our Lord at any time during our weekly adoration hours.

Use the WeAdoreHim system to request a substitute or call the adoration coordinator.

There are many ways to spend time adoring our Lord before the Blessed Sacrament. Some people prefer to spend their hour in silent contemplation and peaceful prayer, while others may start with devotional prayers such as the rosary or the Divine Mercy chaplet. Spiritual reading can also be helpful to aid in prayer and meditation. No time spent with our Lord is wasted.