“My wife and I both grew up in the Life Teen movement which fostered in us a Eucharistic devotion from a young age, as well as providing us the opportunity to participate in World Youth Day and other Catholic conferences and retreats,” he explained. Kooser said those kinds of experiences have meant in his own life. “My hope is first of all to have a powerful experience of adoration as well as opportunities for my kids to experience being a part of the church in a larger context,” he said. “This seems like a once-in-a-generation type of event and I'm glad that I can be a part of it, but I'm even more excited that my kids get to be a part of it during their more formative years,” Kooser added. “We started making plans to attend when it was first announced,” Kooser, a software developer from Ohio, told The Pillar.
They’d been looking forward to attending the five-day event for a while. He went online soon after and registered himself, his wife, and his three children - two sons and a daughter. When registration opened for the 2024 Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, Todd Kooser was eager to sign up his family.
