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March 2018
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.
Find out more »Tenebrae at St. Cecilia (Oakley)
"Seven Last Words" - a meditation on the Seven Last Words of Christ sung by the st. Cecilia Choir and soloists. Includes scripture readings and choral settings by Frank, Gounod, DuBois, Bach, and Pergolas. 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…
Find out more »Tenebrae at Old St. Mary’s (Over-the-Rhine)
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.
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 »Stations of the Cross Hikes in Dayton
Immaculate Conception Church sponsors these hikes for men and women. The women’s hikes are at Bergamo Center, at 7:40, 8, and 8:20 a.m. The men’s are at Calvary Cemetery at 11:30 and 11:50 a.m. They ask that you register online and arrive 10 minutes before the start of your hike; for information call Spencer Hagedorn at (937) 252-9919, ext. 207.
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 »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…
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