Wondering if he’s in Assisi, Italy, when he stumbles on the Portiuncula Chapel in Hanover, MA.
Cardinal Richard Cushing, who oversaw construction of the Portiuncula Chapel (it means “little portion” in Italian) and was buried here in 1970, ensured that every part of it came from Assisi, where St. Francis built the chapel that inspired it over 700 years ago.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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