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.