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Passion of Christ plays out at Laurel Park
Congregations re-enacts the Stations of the Cross with Spanish, English prayers
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Hundreds attend St. Michael Catholic Church's annual production of the Stations of the Cross. This marks the 27th year of the church's production.
The last agonizing hours of Jesus Christ played out beneath a bright sunny sky at Laurel Park in Gainesville on Good Friday. More than 80 performers and stagehands from the St. John Paul II Mission kept a tradition started by St. Michael Catholic Church 27 years ago by re-enacting a series of 14 scenes leading to the crucifixion of Christ. Hundreds of spectators lined the way to Calvary with Lake Lanier as a backdrop to witness what is called the Stations of the Cross.