The Angelus: Reflections on the Missouri River
By Paul Floersch - September 9, 2020 Joseph and I recently finished our canoe trip from Omaha to St. Louis. Joseph chose to continue down the Mississippi, and I returned home to resume Latin studies before entering the monastery, God willing, in October.For me, one of the most remarkable things about going down river on the Mighty Mo was considering that in 1843, almost 180 years ago, Johannes Flörsch and his wife, Elisabetha Maria were traveling up this same river with their children likely to escape economic and religious hardships which were boiling up in Germany…