LEBANON, OHIO, July 3— Seton Route pilgrims on the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage are often asked how much they walk with the Blessed Sacrament.
Their total journey is 1,200 miles from New Haven, Connecticut to Indianapolis, Indiana. While the pilgrims themselves would love to walk the entire distance by foot, sometimes the dioceses they traverse prioritize, for example, parish visits for adoration over Eucharistic processions, and the pilgrims are happy to accommodate.
Sometimes, also, because of safety and timing considerations on particular routes, local Church officials suggest that the best way is to transport the Eucharist is in the Pilgrimage's support van, which is specially fit with a tabernacle and a tabor (stand) for the monstrance so that adoration of the Lord can continue even while driving.
On three other occasions, pilgrims travel by boat!
We thought it would be of interest to readers to know what type of mileage the feet of the pilgrims have put on the roads until now each day.
Day 1, May 18 (New Haven) — 3.3 miles
Day 2, May 19 (New Haven, Bridgeport) — 10.8 miles
Day 3, May 20 (Bridgeport, Fairfield, Ridgefield, Norwalk) — 6.1 miles
Day 4, May 21 (Norwalk, Darien, Stamford ) — 6.1 miles
Day 5, May 22 (Stamford, Greenwich, Port Chester) — 5.3 miles
Day 6, May 23 (Westchester County) — 18.6 miles
Day 7, May 24 (Yonkers, Bronx) — 13.2 miles
Day 8, May 25 (Washington Heights, Upper Manhattan) — 10.8 miles
Day 9, May 26 (Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn) — 13.6 miles
Day 10, May 27 (Brooklyn) — 10.4 miles
Day 11, May 28 (Metuchen, East Brunswick, Kendall Park, Trenton) — 16.7 miles
Day 12, May 29 (Manahawkin) — 2.5 miles
Day 13, May 30 (Bordentown, Trenton, Morrisville, Newtown) — 5.7 miles Day 14, May 31 (Philadelphia) — 2.5 miles
Day 15, June 1 (Philadelphia) — 4.1 miles Day 16, June 2 (Philadelphia) — 3.7 miles
Day 17, June 3 (West Chester, New Oxford) — 1.8 miles
Day 18, June 4 (New Oxford, Hanover) — 12.9 miles
Day 19, June 5 (Hanover, Westminster) — 3.7 miles
Day 20, June 6 (Emmitsburg, Baltimore) — 9.5 miles
Day 21, June 7 (Baltimore) — 9.2 miles
Day 22, June 8 (Washington, DC) — 8.2 miles
Day 23, June 9 (Washington, Loreto) — 2.8 miles
Day 24, June 10 (Johnstown) — 1.9 miles
Day 25, June 11 (Altoona, Duncansville, Greensburg) — 4.2 miles
Day 26, June 12 (Jeannette, Irwin) — 4.1 miles
Day 27, June 13 (McKeesport) — 6.2 miles
Day 28, June 14 (Pittsburgh) — 6.8 miles
Day 20, June 15 (Pittsburgh) — 2.7 miles Day 30, June 16 (Pittsburgh, Beaver Falls) — 2.9 miles Day 31, June 17 (Midland, Beaver Falls, New Castle) — 17.2 miles
Day 32, June 18 (New Castle, Bridgeville) — 3.4 miles
Day 33, June 19 (Bridgeville, Coraopolis) — 4.4 miles Day 34, June 20 (Weirton) — 5.0 miles
Day 35, June 21 (Weirton, Steubenville) — 3.5 miles Day 36, June 22 (Steubenville) — 2.8 miles
Day 37, June 23 (Steubenville, Wheeling) — 2.7 miles
Day 38, June 24 (Wheeling, Somerset) — 4.4 miles
Day 39, June 25 (Newark, Ohio) — 4.8 miles Day 40, June 26 (North Pickerington) — 3.2 miles
Day 41, June 27 (Columbus) — 7.3 miles
Day 42, June 28 (Columbus, Bexley) — 6.1 miles
Day 43, June 29 (Westerville) — 3.5 miles
Day 44, June 30 (Columbus) — 2.1 miles
Day 45, July 1 (Cedarville, Xenia) — 13.6 miles Day 46, July 2 (Xenia, Lebanon) — 12.7 miles
Day 47, July 3 (Lebanon, Madeira) — 10.6 miles
Cumulative mileage (through July 3) — 317.6 miles
Through July 3 (47 days):
Max — 18.6 miles
Min — 1.8 miles
Median — 5.0 miles
Average — 6.8 miles
Total — 317.6 miles