About Made Present

Made Present exists to show that belief in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist is not new, recent, or invented — it has been confessed by Christians across the centuries.

At its heart is a curated timeline of 30 quotes from Scripture, the Church Fathers, saints, councils, and popes — spanning roughly 2,000 years. Each is presented with its author, date, and source so you can read it in context and trace it back yourself.

Alongside it, the site gathers the Eucharistic miracles the Church has actually approved — explorable as a list, a map, and a timeline, each told honestly and weighed against the evidence — and a set of plain-language explainers on the Real Presence: what the Church teaches, what transubstantiation means, and what the earliest Christians believed.

The goal is to make the historical witness easy to explore, easy to share, and easy to return to whenever you need it — whether you're studying, teaching, answering questions, or praying through what the Church believes.

Who curates Made Present

Chris Serger — Founder & Curator, Made Present LinkedIn

VP of Solutions Engineering at Salesforce

Chris Serger founded Made Present to gather the historical Christian witness to the Real Presence in one place. By day he is VP of Solutions Engineering at Salesforce; he built Made Present as a personal project, holding its sourcing to the same standard of evidence he brings to that work — get the details right, and show the receipts. Every quote and miracle account is selected, sourced, and checked against its original before it is published.

Made Present is built and maintained by Smoochsoft, an independent software studio.

How quotes are sourced and verified

• Primary sources first. Every quote is tied to a named work and, wherever possible, links to a public edition of the original text.
• Scripture is cited from the RSV-CE (Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition) unless otherwise noted.
• Dates are given honestly. Approximate dates are marked "c." (circa); councils are dated to their sessions.
• Checked before publishing. 26 of 30 quotes carry a verification flag confirming they were reviewed against their source. If you spot an error or a better citation, we want to correct it.

Where the miracle accounts come from

The cases in our Eucharistic miracles catalog draw on the International Exhibition of the Eucharistic Miracles of the World — researched and designed by Saint Carlo Acutis and published by the Associazione Amici di Carlo Acutis (Edizioni San Clemente). A handful of recent and historical cases — such as the 2022 miracle in Honduras — we sourced instead from Church statements and independent Catholic reporting. We retell each account in our own words, add the scientific findings and the Church's recognition status, and link the source on every case page.

Used with respect, for non-commercial religious education. Scientific claims are checked against the cited investigations and weighed honestly — and we keep one line clear throughout: the Church's recognition is a judgment about devotion, not a claim of scientific proof.

Explore the Timeline