EMMITSBURG, Maryland — A few hundred pilgrims spent the day June 6 in the rural area of Maryland where St. Elizabeth Ann Seton started her ministry and is buried.
On a humid but clear sunny day they processed in prayer and song with the Eucharist in the morning on the grounds of the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and then through the town of Emmitsburg with stops at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School and St. Joseph’s Parish before returning to the shrine.
Before the procession continued, there was a Benediction at the shrine and two hours of Eucharistic adoration and opportunities for confession. Pilgrims also gathered on the grounds, congregating under the shade of trees and getting lunch from food trucks lining the shrine’s driveway.