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.
Passion of Christ plays out at Laurel Park
Congregations re-enacts the Stations of the Cross with Spanish, English prayers