NEW YORK – When the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage passed through the Bronx borough of New York City last week, Fr Roger Landry witnessed what he describes as the heroic efforts of an older woman, who insisted on getting out of her wheelchair to kneel before Jesus.
“It was already an effort just to come out and greet him, but that type of heroism, it was a part of the conversation I had with Jesus for the next 10 minutes as I was holding him in my hand,” Landry said.
Landry is the chaplain for the St Elizabeth Ann Seton Route – the eastern arm of the pilgrimage from New Haven, Connecticut, to Indianapolis, Indiana. His duties include carrying the monstrance for long stretches, celebrating Mass, and hearing confession – what he described as carrying out “typical priestly priorities in an ambulatory way.”
