In a Texas prison, Eucharistic pilgrims find ‘a gift’

In a Texas prison, Eucharistic pilgrims find ‘a gift’

The heavy metal doors rattled shut, locking the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s eight pilgrims inside the James A. Lynaugh Prison Unit, in Fort Stockton, Texas.A prison guard addressed the pilgrims: “Follow me.”The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage arrives June 9 at a Texas prison. Credit: Jack Figge/Pillar Media.With the local bishop and two priest chaplains, the pilgrims made their way through prison corridors, a security checkpoint, and throu…