Wednesday, May 4, 2016

The Camino a Santiago de Compostella

This coming Sunday, May 8th, we're going to hear from Jo Jo Morrison about his recent walk on the Camino de Santiago de Compostella. This is one of Christian Europe's oldest, most renown pilgrimages. You can read more about the destination here: Click me. The walk to the destination is taken on by tens of thousands each year.

Jo Jo is a regular visitor. He is the son of John and Mary Ellen Morrison.  He has been walking long distances since he went backpacking with his Father to Philmont Scout Ranch in 1981.  After high school he worked at Philmont for three summers as a backpacking guide and staff member.  To support his walking habit, he went to law school, graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law.  After law school he clerked for a federal circuit court judge and then taught constitutional law for four years before becoming an assistant public defender in Miami where he met his wife, a Cuban-born accountant.  After their wedding, she surprised him by telling him that she needed to go to medical school.  Over a decade and eight moves later, she is a physician at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.   He currently lives in the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his wife while working long-distance for the Miami Public Defender's Office.  In July-August 2014, they walked together from the French border to Santiago, Spain, and then on the the Atlantic ocean.  That is the route of an ancient medieval (or older) pilgrimage, and he will share the story of that pilgrimage, and the spiritual lessons learned along the Way, with us at the Adult Forum.

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