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�I am responsible for all the souls within the boundaries of my parish,� says Rev. John Higgins (�90), pastor of the Church of the Assumption in Peekskill, N.Y. �That is an honor, but it is also humbling and challenging, to be responsible for their salvation before God.� It is a responsibility Fr. Higgins takes seriously. He has the blisters to prove it.

At 5:30 on the morning of November 10, 2011, Fr. Higgins offered the early Mass at Assumption, then put on a pair of sneakers and began walking. At the end of the day, he reached the Archdiocese of New York�s St. Joseph�s Seminary in Yonkers, where he spent the night, and then resumed his pilgrimage the next morning. Late that afternoon, he finally arrived at his destination � St. Patrick�s Cathedral in midtown Manhattan.

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