The Pilgrimage to Jerusalem Begins
On this day November 21, 2001, at 1:20pm to be exact, I took my first steps out of St. Peter's Square, destination Jerusalem, on a journey that would forever change my life. I'll never forget that day. Earlier in the week, I had learned that Pope John Paul II was holding an audience the very day I was planning to leave. It wasn't the personal audience I would have loved to have, but I was thrilled at the thought of receiving a blessing from a man I truly admired. Bright and e