‘Perpetual pilgrims’ look back on pilgrimage
Prison, protests and more: ‘Perpetual pilgrims’ look back on pilgrimage
For the eight “perpetual pilgrims” who traveled the 3,300-mile journey on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage from Indianapolis to Los Angeles, the end of the trip has to be a relief, to their feet at least. But while the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is over, also ending the three-year National Eucharistic Revival, the impact the journey had on the pilgrims is only beginning.
The pilgrimage took them to places unimaginable, both physically and spiritually, while encountering plane crash victims, those who lost their homes in fires, prison inmates, the homeless, and the poor.
They walked with them. They prayed with them. They evangelized to them. But most importantly, they witnessed that, no matter the situation people might find themselves in, Jesus Christ is the answer.