MEDIA CONTACT:
Please contact any of the parishes listed below.
For general questions, contact Jeanette DeMelo, Director of Communications, Archdiocese of Denver
303-715-3230 or jeanette.demelo@archden.org
April 5, 2012
Celebrating the “good” in Good Friday
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This Friday, April 6, is known as “Good Friday.” Though the day commemorates Jesus’ brutal crucifixion and death, Christians also celebrate Christ’s death as God’s eternal victory over evil and the finality of our own death.
Through Christ’s crucifixion, the price of our sins was paid for all eternity. The following events and liturgies are a brief sampling of the Catholic observances happening throughout the Archdiocese of Denver.
Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Denver)
1530 Logan St., Denver, CO 80203
Media Contact: Mary Ellen Lederman at (303) 831-7010
12:00 p.m., Friday, April 6
Stations of the Cross
Cathedral clergy will lead parishioners in prayerful procession from station to station, each one depicting a moment in Jesus’ journey to his crucifixion.
3:00 p.m., Friday, April 6
Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion with Bishop James Conley
Most Rev. James D. Conley, S.T.L., apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Denver, will lead this solemn celebration of Jesus Christ’s passion and death on the cross.
Communion and Liberation (downtown Denver)
Beginning Location: 1900 California St., Denver, 80202 (www.holyghostchurch.info)
End Location: 1530 Logan St., Denver, 80203 (www.denvercathedral.org)
Media Contact: David Hazen at david.hazen@gmail.com
Begins 11:15 a.m., Friday, April 6
“Way of the Cross” through Downtown Denver
The Colorado chapter of Communion and Liberation will participate in a nationwide celebration of the "Way of the Cross," by processing through the streets of downtown Denver this Good Friday, April 6. The procession will begin at 11:15 a.m. from Holy Ghost Church at 1900 California, continue down to the 16th Street Mall, pass through United Nations Park and on to Colfax to end at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. Click here for a rough map of the route: http://g.co/maps/bvyrn.
Holy Trinity (Westminster) – Spanish
7595 Federal Blvd., Westminster, 80030 (www.htcatholic.org)
Media Contact: Mary Rodriguez at (303) 875-2482
2:30 p.m., Friday, April 6
Theatrical Presentation of the Stations of the Cross [in Spanish]
3:00 p.m., Friday, April 6
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion [in Spanish]
7:00 p.m., Friday, April 6
Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (Denver) – Spanish
1209 W. 36th Ave., Denver, 80211 (www.ologden.org)
Media Contact: Call the parish office at 303-477-1402
April 6, Good Friday
11:00 a.m. Viacrucis / “Way of the Cross”
3:00 p.m. Adoración ala Santa Cruz/ “Adoration of the Cross”
7:00 p.m. Pésame a la Virgen/ “Condolences to the Virgin”
St. Catherine of Siena (Denver)
4200 Federal Blvd., Denver, 80211
Media Contact: Father Gregoire Vidal, pastor, at (303) 455-6651 or email gregoire.vidal@orange.fr
7:00 p.m., Friday
Re-enactment of Jesus Christ’s Burial
After wrapping an icon of Jesus Christ into the burial cloth, parishioners will be invited to express their love, compassion and gratitude to Jesus Christ by sprinkling flower petals and perfumed water over the cloth and by venerating his body and wounds via the icon.
St. Francis of Assisi & St. John the Baptist Churches (Longmont)
Annual Good Friday Walk 2012
Media Contact: Rhonda Pardoe at 303-883-6206 or R.Pardoe@comcast.net
Meet 8:45 a.m. on Friday, April 6
Location: St. John the Baptist Parish, 323 Collyer St., Longmont, 80501
For the tenth year in a row, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church will again sponsor this walk in commemoration of the passion and death of Jesus. Last year, nearly 300 people gathered together to walk the three miles from St. John the Baptist Parish to St. Francis of Assisi Parish. The crowd will stop at certain points along the way to pray the rosary and meditate on the Stations of the Cross, and end with prayer at St. Francis of Assisi. Prayer booklets used during the walk are available for download at www.saintfrancislongmont.org/.
St. Joseph Parish (Denver)
605 W. 6th Ave., Denver, CO 80204 (www.stjosephc.com)
Media Contact: Father Mario Ramirez, pastor, at 303-534-4408 or frmario@stjosephc.com
3:00 p.m., Friday, April 6
Stations of Cross Procession in the Streets [bilingual]
Approximately 100 members of the parish will process through the streets surrounding the parish, as they reflect on the various steps in Jesus’ journey to the cross. The priest will lead the procession with the crucifix raised high. The procession will begin inside the church and continue from 7th Avenue, to Fox Street, to 6th Avenue and around to Galapagos Street.
6:00 p.m., Friday, April 6
Costumed Stations of Cross Procession in the Streets [in Spanish]
Over 400 parishioners will watch as the parish’s youth group acts out, in costume, the passion and death of cross. Immediately following the performance, the entire crowd will process through the streets surrounding the church, as they reflect on the various steps in Jesus’ journey to the cross. The priest will lead the procession with the crucifix raised high. The procession will begin inside the church and continue from 7th Avenue, to Fox Street, to 6th Avenue and around to Galapagos Street.
7:00 p.m., Friday, April 6
Christ’s Passion: A Play
Members of the parish’s youth group will act out the passion, death and crucifixion of Christ.
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