"Indiana
Spirit Quest"
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries
built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just a year and a half, the quest has
grown to over three hundred eighty caches hidden in thirty-eight
Indiana counties, and two Ohio counties, and the hiders have grown
to twenty-five cacher teams, most of which of which are comprised
of Dogs and their Humans.
Over 1,000 cacher teams have logged over
13,800 ISQ finds.
"Indiana Spirit Quest # 474"
"The Saint"
"St. John Kanty Cemetery"
La Porte County, IN
Photos by
501_Gang
The people of Olkusz in Bohemia in
1431 had every reason to be suspicious of their new pastor. They
knew what a Cracow professor would think of their small rural town.
But even more insulting, their town was once again being used as a
dumping ground for a priest who was "in disgrace."
John had indeed been kicked out of his
university position -- unjustly. Rivals who resented John's
popularity with the students had cooked up a false charge against
him. John was not even allowed to appear at his own hearing or
testify in his own defense. So at age 41, he was shipped off to be
an apprentice pastor.
"Pray for the
soul"
Certainly no one would have blamed
John if he was furious at such injustice. However, he was
determined that his new parishioners would not suffer because of
what he happened to him.
But there was no overnight miracle waiting
of him in Olkusz. He was nervous and afraid of his new
responsibilities. And, despite the energy he put into his new job,
the parishioners remained hostile. But John's plan was very simple,
and came not from the mind but from the heart. He let his genuine
interest and concern for these people show in everything he did.
Despite working for years without any sign of success, he was very
careful not to demonstrate impatience or anger. He knew that people
could never be bullied into love, so he gave them what he hoped
they would find in themselves.
Rev. Father Henry Smartz - b.
May 3, 1918 - d. May 18, 1967
After eight years, he was
exonerated and transferred back to Cracow. He had been so
successful that these once-hostile people followed him several
miles down the road, begging him to stay.
For the rest of his life, he was
professor of sacred Scripture at the university. He was so
well-liked that he was often invited to dinner with nobility. Once,
he was turned away at the door by a servant who thought John's
cassock was too frayed. John didn't argue but went home, changed
into a new cassock, and returned. During the meal, a servant
spilled a dish on John's new clothes. "No matter," he joked. "My
clothes deserve some dinner, too. If it hadn't been for them I
wouldn't be here at all."
Frank R. DeSomer - PFC USMC WWII
- b. Aug. 13, 1924 - d. March 19, 1965
Once John was sitting down to dinner
when he saw a beggar walk by outside. He jumped up immediately, ran
out, and gave the beggar the food in his bowl. He asked no
questions, made no demands. He just saw someone in need and helped
with what he had.
John taught his students this philosophy
again and again, "Fight all error, but do it with good humor,
patience, kindness, and love. Harshness will damage your own soul
and spoil the best cause."
Harold J. Layman - SGT 152 INF
WWII - b. March 11, 1914 - d. Feb. 6, 1945
In His Footsteps:
John put all his effort into a new and frightening job, that
others might have considered beneath him. Today do something you
have never done before or do something in a new way, perhaps
something that has frightened you or you felt was beneath you. This
can be something as simple as trying a different type of prayer or
as complex as serving others in a new way.
Prayer:
Saint John of Kanty, you were unjustly fired from your work.
Please pray for those who are jobless or in danger of losing their
jobs that they may find work that is fulfilling in every way. Guide
us to ways to help those looking for work.
Amen
Source - Catholic Online -
http://www.catholic.org
The cache container is a camouflaged,
loc-n-loc container.
Please leave it at least as well concealed,
if not better, than you found it.
FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE NIGHT CACHING
WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT
NOTICE!
If you find fallen or worn US flags at
the graves of veterans, please take a moment to upright or replace
them. Dispose of worn US flags in a respectable manner. As always,
no ISQ searching after dusk, and cache in, trash out. God Bless our
troops and veterans.
DESPITE WHAT SOME NON-ISQ CEMETERY
CACHE PAGES MAY SAY, YOU MAYBE SUBJECT TO ARREST IF FOUND IN A
CEMETERY AT NIGHT IN INDIANA IN MOST ALL
JURISDICTIONS.
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