As Nicholas Hanus walked on the gravel MoPac Trail into east Lincoln, he kept his eyes on the ground. Watching the buildings and signs in the distance made the time pass too slowly, he said.
The Rev. Jim Morin, from left, Nicholas Hanus, Elias Reiter, Colter Fulton, Dylan Beck and Jon Kadlec walk along Southwest 100th Street outside Denton on Tuesday. Morin and the six seminarians are walking across the Diocese of Lincoln, which encompasses Nebraska south of the Platte River, to learn about the communities they one day will serve as Catholic priests.
Alec Langan, from left, the Rev. Jim Morin, Nicholas Hanus, Elias Reiter, Colter Fulton, Dylan Beck and Jon Kadlec walk along Southwest 100th Street outside of Denton on Tuesday. It was the eighth day of Morin and the seminarians' 29-day trip across the Diocese of Lincoln. “What I have been realizing is that you think that you’re just walking to the end, the church, to commune with God," Hanus said. "But on every step of the way, God is working through all the people you meet too.”
The Rev. Jim Morin, from left, Nicholas Hanus, Elias Reiter, Colter Fulton, Dylan Beck and Jon Kadlec walk along Southwest 100th Street outside Denton on Tuesday. Morin and the six seminarians are walking across the Diocese of Lincoln, which encompasses Nebraska south of the Platte River, to learn about the communities they one day will serve as Catholic priests.
Alec Langan, from left, the Rev. Jim Morin, Nicholas Hanus, Elias Reiter, Colter Fulton, Dylan Beck and Jon Kadlec walk along Southwest 100th Street outside of Denton on Tuesday. It was the eighth day of Morin and the seminarians' 29-day trip across the Diocese of Lincoln. “What I have been realizing is that you think that you’re just walking to the end, the church, to commune with God," Hanus said. "But on every step of the way, God is working through all the people you meet too.”
