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March 2018
Tenebrae at Sacred Heart (Camp Washington)
Tenebrae ("shadows") is an ancient service celebrated for Holy Week celebrated in a church lit only by candles held in a special, 15-candle holder called a hearse. As the service continues, the candles are extinguished one by one, until the church is dark and the choir and priests make a loud noise ("strepidus") meant to recall the earthquake that took place at Christ's death. Until 1955 it was celebrated on Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday at almost every Catholic…
Find out more »Holy Thursday at the Cathedral
Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr will celebrate Holy Thursday Mass; music by the Cathedral Choir.
Find out more »St. John Passion Play at Mount St. Joe
The St. John Passion Play has been performed every year since 2018, when parishioners of St. John (A Franciscan parish in Over-the-Rhine) promised to put it on every year in thanksgiving for the safety of the parish’s soldiers fighting in Europe. The parish has been gone sinee 1955 but a coalition of Catholics and Protestants from around the region mount the play every year. There is no charge, but a collection will be taken to help keep the play going. Repeats…
Find out more »“Pray the Steps” at Holy Cross-Immaculata (Mt. Adams)
For more than 175 years people have walked the steps to Holy Cross-Immaculata Church on Good Friday while praying the rosary (or other prayers). Bishop Joseph R. Binzer will bless the steps at one minute after midnight; the church will be open for prayer for 24 hours and for confession all day.Donuts and coffee 6 a.m.- 1 p.m.; pizza and Kona Ice available throughout the day; fish fry 3 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Find out more »Tenebrae at Sacred Heart (Camp Washington)
Tenebrae ("shadows") is an ancient service celebrated for Holy Week celebrated in a church lit only by candles held in a special, 15-candle holder called a hearse. As the service continues, the candles are extinguished one by one, until the church is dark and the choir and priests make a loud noise ("strepidus") meant to recall the earthquake that took place at Christ's death. Until 1955 it was celebrated on Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday at almost every Catholic…
Find out more »Good Friday Cross Walk in Cincinnati
A one-day track of the annual Regnum Christi Holy Week Mission, the Cross Walk is a tradition in cities around the world. Each city's walk is different, but features carrying a wooden cross and asking people to they meet if they can pray for them as they walk. Cincinnati's walk begins at the cathedral and ends at Holy Cross-Immaculata in Mount Adams, where the group eats lunch, attends the Good Friday liturgy, and then "prays the steps" before returning to…
Find out more »LOCATION CHANGE: Way of the Cross for Justice in Downtown Cincinnati
LOCATION CHANGE, 3/29: Location changed to Washington Park in Over-the-Rhine. Join a collaboration of faith-based groups for a prayer experience that connects the suffering of Jesus with the suffering brought about by injustice in our day. The Good Friday event begins at noon on Fountain Square and will end at the Freedom Center for reflection, Veneration of the Cross, and a closing bread service. Contact Catholic Social Action at [email protected] or 513.421.3131, ext. 2660 for more information or to volunteer.…
Find out more »Dayton Good Friday Walk for Peace and Justice
Annual ecumenical walk sponsored by a vareity of organizations and churches, including the archdiocese's. Social Action Office, the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative, the Sisters of the Precious Blood, the UD Center for Social Concern, and Greater Dayton Christian Connections. Begins the Old Courthouse (Third and Main Streets) and ends at First Baptist Church on Monument St. by the river. The 14 stops, or stations, are chosen to correspond with the 14 Stations of the Cross and provide participants an opportunity…
Find out more »Good Friday at the Cathedral
Liturgy of the Passion at noon, celebrated by Bishop Joseph R. Binzer. Stations of the Cross prayed at 5:15.
Find out more »Taize Good Friday Service at Immaculate Conception (Dayton)
Annual service of short hymns, repeated again and again in the candle-let church, meant to help contemplate and grasp the basic reality of faith. Ends with Veneration of the Cross.
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