ASHEBORO — Parishioners from St. Joseph Church in Asheboro staged an outdoor Living Stations of the Cross, or Via Crucis, on Good Friday.
The stunning and elaborate reenactment evoked great emotion, both from people portraying the Passion scenes as well as people in the audience.
These photos by correspondent Amber Sheriff depict Jesus being flogged and Mary, the Mother of God, meeting Jesus on the way to His crucifixion, weeping at the foot of the cross, and mourning over her dead Son’s body taken down from the cross.
MARION — Three parishes came together for a “St. Joseph’s Table” March 17. Our Lady of the Angels Mission hosted the event, with many volunteers from St. Bernadette Mission in Linville, St. Lucien Church in Spruce Pine and (pictured with Father Carl Kaltreider, Marion’s pastor) Sister Gertrude Gillette and Sister Scholastica Auguste of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Peace in Rutherfordton.
More than 600 spaghetti dinners were sold, and proceeds went to St. Lucien’s Ava Maria Food Pantry and other charities. Items on the St. Joseph’s Table were given to the poor in the community.
— Photo provided by Kevin Braswell and Alfonso Alvarez-Navarrete