Missionaries Of The Eucharist

[MithLuin]

Yeah, it works better for people who are students with summers offer, or people between jobs, applying to grad school, etc. Most people aren't able to take a month off from work, though teachers have the luxury of time off in the summers....

[Shana]

Found out today that I've been accepted!

[Piccoli Fiori JMJ]

+JMJ

That is aw[i]e[/i]some Shana! The MoEs are amazing. Good luck and God speed!

[MithLuin]

I'm so glad you're doing the Walk this year, [b]Shana[/b]! I wish you all the best in your preparations, and pray that it will go well for you and your fellow walkers.

[Shana]

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I'm so glad you're doing the Walk this year, [b]Shana[/b]! I wish you all the best in your preparations, and pray that it will go well for you and your fellow walkers.
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Thanks! I just found out yesterday that a young man who just became a seminarian for my diocese (Ogdensburg- the diocese of Northern NY) will be doing the walk with me. I don't know him personally but one of my friends who's an Ogdensburg seminarian as well let me know this when I saw him while we were all at my friend's ordination to the transitional diaconate.

[MithLuin]

That's great! I'm so excited to hear about new Walkers taking the torch and continuing the beautiful tradition that is the MOEs

Hopefully, I'll get the opportunity to meet you all this summer!

[Shana]

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Does anyone know if they are actually walking to DC this summer? The website says New York..... and I noticed their timeframe is shorter, didn't they start in May last year?
(I live in DC, so if they are in fact only going up till New York, I'll have to figure something out.)
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The MoE's are walking to NYC this year.

[Shana]

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Do you know why this has changed from previous years?
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Not exactly, but I'm under the impression that at some point before the MoE's walked just from Maine to NYC.

Edited May 31, 2011 by Shana

[MithLuin]

Two years ago, they did the shorter Walk (Maine to NYC) because of two weddings involving former MOEs that summer - the Director of the MOEs who was planning the Walk was one of the people getting married, so that was just how it had to be.

This year, I imagine World Youth Day in August might have played a role in shortening the Walk, though that is merely a guess on my part. It is possible that someone involved in planning/training was not available until later in June, so they went with the 6 week walk rather than the full 10 week walk. Since I wasn't involved in planning, I don't really know.

But as for getting back to DC, the easiest way is to take a bus (such as BOLT). It is inexpensive and nice. Also, there will likely be other people on the Walk headed back that way, though I don't know that for sure. You will be staying in Brooklyn in NYC at the final stop on the Walk, and it's a short walk to the public transportation from there (subway trains). So, getting to where you need to go in the city to get home (to catch a bus, train or even plane) shouldn't be a problem. Obviously, ask Martha, the director of the Walk, any questions you might have about traveling home afterward. The MOEs are very good about getting people where they need to be - no one is going to leave you stranded in NYC!

[MithLuin]

[b]Coralie[/b], do you know if you'll be able to do the Walk this summer?

Just a few weeks left til it begins! If I could request prayers, for this years Walkers, their host families, and the many people they will meet in their journeys, that will be greatly appreciated.

[Shana]

And prayers for my right foot, haha.

[Shana]

Looking forward to an amesome summer, Coralie!

[MithLuin]

I'm so thrilled the two of you are doing this together! It's an avvesome experience Pray oodles and oodles for everyone here at Phatmass, 'k?

(And we'll pray for you, too!)

[Shana]

Please pray for me as I am not having much success remedying my foot problem (sesamoiditis) / resolving it with the methods my podiatrist suggested. I'm still trying stuff out but the last two nights after walking for only 30 or 45 minutes the pain would set into my foot. When I told the walk leader I was having problems with my foot she said that she still wants me to come even if I could only walk a little bit (like 5 miles a day). I called her last night again after getting back from a walk and told her that after only 45 minutes my foot hurt and that if I'm taking somebody's space who wants to come to take them over me seeing as how they'd actually be able to walk. She wants me to come but she's going to talk again with the director and their spiritual director about this. I'd still want to go even if I couldn't walk, being there would be better than nothing. (Though it would stink not being able to walk as I'd be missing out on a big part of the experience).

I have such a hard time letting go and let God be Lord. I just want to be a normal, able-bodied, walking MoE but it looks like that's not playing out as I had assumed it would.

I want to be a part of this so bad but we'll see.

[MithLuin]

The Missionaries of the Eucharist will be in DC for the March for Life! So....if you'd like to join them, please consider contacting them to get in touch. They'll be doing retreat-like things on Sunday, and the March on Monday. Now is a really good time to start thinking about whether or not you'd be able to do the Walk this summer!

[url=http://www.facebook.com/events/151265271652492/]Facebook invite[/url]

(This will likely be my last plug for the MOEs in 2012, so...I hope someone from phatmass is able to go!)