PRESS: Pilgrims walk in the footsteps of America’s first saint - Seton Shrine

PRESS: Pilgrims walk in the footsteps of America’s first saint

Catholic Review covers the Footsteps of Mother Seton pilgrimage

Walking under sunny skies with low humidity, a group of 15 pilgrims was ahead of schedule June 20 when they walked into the parking lot of the Finksburg Branch of Carroll County Public Library a little before 9:30 a.m.

Instead of enjoying lunch as originally planned, the group paused to have snacks, use the restrooms and say a prayer before setting out again toward their final destination: the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg.

The group had already logged many miles walking along a nearly 60-mile trek that began June 19 with Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.

Read the full article from Catholic Review here.