{"id":7167,"date":"2004-06-11T07:57:03","date_gmt":"2004-06-11T07:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/06\/the_road_to_nicaragua.html"},"modified":"2004-06-11T07:57:03","modified_gmt":"2004-06-11T07:57:03","slug":"the_road_to_nicaragua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/06\/the_road_to_nicaragua.html","title":{"rendered":"The Road to Nicaragua"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friars hitching their way<\/a><\/p>\n

On the sun-baked sidewalk near an Interstate 581 entrance ramp, two Franciscan friars prayed for a ride Thursday afternoon as they waited in their woolen robes, thumbs in the air.<\/p>\n

They were on their way to Nicaragua from Emmitsburg, Md., where they started their journey Wednesday – without money or food. <\/p>\n

They believe God will get them there. <\/p>\n

“We just let God provide for us – even for food. And he always does,” Brother Patrick Mary Ginty said. <\/p>\n

Ginty and Brother Sean Patrick Hurley, both 24, have lived at the Mother of the Good Shepherd Friary in Emmitsburg since it opened last fall. They plan to establish such a community in Nicaragua along with four other friars who are traveling in pairs. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nMaybe the Franciscan nuns from the other day can give them a ride. Except they’d be going to Stonehenge to discover the sacred within, so never mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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