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Two paths, one pilgrimage: Meet a Protestant and a grandmother on Eucharistic pilgrimage

'Some days you walk 17 miles in the heat. You’re sore, and sometimes disheartened, but I’ve learned not to even dwell on it.'

Jack Figge
Jul 01, 2024
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Neither Jan Pierson nor Amanda Newton ever thought they would follow a Eucharistic procession across the northeastern United States. 

Amanda Newton and Jan Pierson stop to pray along the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. Credit: Jack Figge/Pillar Media.

Pierson, who is approaching her 70th…

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