Origin of the Eucharist the "Didache", "1 Clement" and Ignatius of Antioch provide glimpses of what Christians were doing in their eucharists. Later sources, Tertullian and the "Apostolic Tradition", offer some details from around the year 200. Once the Church "went public" after the conversion of Constantine the Great in the second decade of the fourth century, it was clear that the Eucharist was established as a central part of Christian life. Contemporary scholars debate whether Jesus meant to institute a ritual at his Last Supper; whether the Last Supper was an actual historical event in any way related to the undisputed early "Lord's
Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist the Franciscan Brothers of the Eucharist was founded in Meriden as a complement to the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist. From 1976 to 2004, the religious sisters operated the ferry terminal and store on Shaw Island, part of the San Juan Islands in the state of Washington. The community has thirteen different centers around the world, including the United States, Jerusalem, Rome and Assisi. The Sisters teach at universities, work in hospitals, operate a school in Bethlehem and work at the Vatican. The Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist share the original founders with the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and