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ST. PAUL, Minn. (OSV News) — In March 2017, Will Peterson and his friend David Cable stepped out Peterson’s front door in Lexington, Kentucky, to begin a pilgrimage. Their destination was the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani, some 70 miles away.
The journey is 75 minutes by car along the Bluegrass Parkway, but the friends didn’t drive. Instead, with backpacks and hiking books, they walked the route, in rain and shine, relying on strangers’ hospitality along the way.
The experience led to Peterson and Cable in 2019 co-founding Modern Catholic Pilgrim, a Twin Cities-based nonprofit organizing the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage that begins mid-May. Four groups of pilgrims will travel — mostly by foot — from routes beginning in the north, south, east and west of the country, converging in Indianapolis ahead of the National Eucharistic Congress July 17-21.
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The journey is 75 minutes by car along the Bluegrass Parkway, but the friends didn’t drive. Instead, with backpacks and hiking books, they walked the route, in rain and shine, relying on strangers’ hospitality along the way.
The experience led to Peterson and Cable in 2019 co-founding Modern Catholic Pilgrim, a Twin Cities-based nonprofit organizing the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage that begins mid-May. Four groups of pilgrims will travel — mostly by foot — from routes beginning in the north, south, east and west of the country, converging in Indianapolis ahead of the National Eucharistic Congress July 17-21.
Where will the pilgrims travel?
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Will the US see a new walking pilgrimage culture?
Modern Catholic Pilgrim has partnered with the National Eucharistic Revival to organize the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, which launches May 17 with groups walking four routes in the U.S. that converge July 17 in Indianapolis for the five-day National Eucharistic Congress.
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