Exhaling at Home (Opus Gloriae)

We are back. Safely. Full of stories.

Thank you again for all the prayers that carried us along!

Keep praying! Pea soup fog is slowing us down

For all of you checking on us and seeing what we are up to in real time, keep up the prayers: the very thick fog is slowing us to a crawl.
This poor bus driver...

Back on the bus

At last.
With thanks to God that we made it without any mishaps, were able to get food when food looked impossible, and even made it back to the hotel by the skin of our teeth in time to change out of our wet clothes and still get our luggage on the bus on schedule.
Go, team!

We occupied this city

And I'm wondering what the economic benefit of this March is to the city. Because you couldn't go ANYWHERE in DC without running into groups of pro-life visitors. Union Station was an impassable sea of wet and weary but bubbling people trying to get warm, find food, and catch a Metro train.
There is no way locals can NOT see this!

Your kids made it to the Supreme Court Building!!

The weather was coooold and wet.
The kids were weary and cold and dripping wet and getting bumped out of formation.
But they marched on for 2 full hours amidst a sea of people.
A very strong Catholic presence (and a lot of rosary praying!), MANY clerics, and some Franciscan friars walking in their BARE feet in the 30-something degree weather kept us going.
I think they will not forget this experience!

Muddy, muddy March.

Raining outside, sunny inside!

Weary. But never too weary for ridiculous.

So MUCH to see.. AFTER lunch

No room at the inn

Even 2 hours before Mass begins!