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March 24, 2013
Miami
St. Catherine of Siena
Coral Gables
Crucifix surrounded by palms on Palm Sunday at Good Shepherd Church, Miami.
Father Sammy Alvero blesses the palms at the start of Palm Sunday Mass at Good Shepherd Church, Miami.
Father Sammy Alvero walks into Good Shepherd Church, Miami, for Palm Sunday Mass.
St. Catherine of Siena parishioners gather for adoration on the outside of their church, facing the street, after Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper.
Fr. Alejandro Rodr�guez
Adoration at the Altar Repose after Mass of the Lords Supper
St. Catherine of Siena parishioners gather for adoration on the outside of their church, facing the street, after Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper.
Fr. Alejandro Rodr�guez
Adoration at the Altar Repose after Mass of the Lords Supper
Monsignor Michael Carruthers washes the feet of university students at the Mass of the Lord's Supper at St. Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center in Coral Gables on Holy Thursday.
Monsignor Michael Carruthers washes the feet of university students at the Mass of the Lord's Supper at St. Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center in Coral Gables on Holy Thursday.
March 28, 2013
Coral Gables
BLANCA MORALES | FC
Monsignor Michael Carruthers washes the feet of university students at the Mass of the Lord's Supper at St. Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center in Coral Gables on Holy Thursday.
Monsignor Michael Carruthers processes with the Eucharist concluding the Mass of the Last Supper at St Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center in Coral Gables on Holy Thursday.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski washes the feet of 12 men, symbolizing the disciples, as Jesus Christ did on Holy Thursday.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski washes the feet of 12 men, symbolizing the disciples, as Jesus Christ did on Holy Thursday.
Holy Thursday Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral. Archbishop Wenski prays before the Blessed Sacrament.
Archbishop Wenski carries the Blessed Sacrament after Mass.
Holy Thursday Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral
Sister Lima, of the Missionaries of Charity, prays before the Blessed Sacrament.
Holy Thursday Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral
Archbishop Thomas Wenski during Good Friday at St. Mary Cathedral.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski and Father Richard Vigoa during Good Friday at St. Mary Cathedral.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski solemnly prays during Good Friday at St. Mary Cathedral.
Father Alvaro Pinzon kneels in front of the cross during Good Friday at St. Mary Cathedral.
The images of the Mater Dolorosa and Christ await to be taken out in procession after Good Friday services at the cathedral.
Good Friday at St. Mary Cathedral.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski and other cathedral priests lay prostrate on the floor of the sanctuary at the beginning of the Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord's Passion.
Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion
Deacon Edgardo Farias holds up the crucifix prior to the veneration of the cross.
Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion
Archbishop Thomas Wenski venerates the cross.
Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion
Cathedral parishioners carry a statue of Christ's corpus down the streets surrounding Miami's mother church.
Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion
Cathedral parishioners carry a statue of the Mater Dolorosa down the streets surrounding Miami's mother church.
Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion
Father Patrick Charles, parochial vicar, leads the commemoration of the Passion of the Lord at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Kendall on Good Friday, accompanied by Deacon Michael Plumber.
Our Lady of Lourdes parishioners raise the crucifix before the veneration of the cross on Good Friday.
Deacon Michael Plumber holds up a crucifix for a parishioner to kiss during the veneration of the cross on Good Friday at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish.
Our Lady of Lourdes
Celebration of the Passion of the Lord
Rev. Patrick Charles
Rev. Fernando Orejuela
Dcn. Michael Plumber
Dcn. Isidoro Villa
Catholic Campus Ministry students from the University of Miami perform the stations of the cross at Saint Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center on Good Friday. Danny Rodriguez as Jesus and Olivia Piana as Mary.
University of Miami students perform live Stations of the Cross for parishioners at Saint Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center on Good Friday. Engineering student Danny Rodriguez as Jesus.
University of Miami students perform live Stations of the Cross for parishioners at Saint Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center on Good Friday.
University of Miami students perform live Stations of the Cross for parishioners at Saint Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center on Good Friday. Engineering student Danny Rodriguez as Jesus.
University of Miami students perform live Stations of the Cross for parishioners at Saint Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center on Good Friday.
Good Friday service at Saint Augustine Catholic Student Center. Monsignor Michael Carruthers, accompanied by Deacon Chirinos, lay prostrate before the altar to symbolically lay down their lives for the Church.
Parishioners step forward to venerate the cross on Good Friday at Saint Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center in Coral Gables.
Good Friday at Saint Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center in Coral Gables.
One of the Stations of the Cross at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Kendall.
Father Bernard Raj preaches the homily during Good Friday's commemoration of the Lord's Passion at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Kendall.
An image of the crucified Christ is framed by the stained glass window at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Kendall.
A Holy Redeemer parishioner carries the cross out of the church at the start of the Good Friday Way of the Cross through the streets of Liberty City.
Oblate Missionary Father John Cox leads the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross from Holy Redeemer Church through the streets of Liberty City.
Oblate Missionary Father John Cox leads the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross from Holy Redeemer Church through the streets of Liberty City.
Oblate Missionary Father John Cox leads the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross from Holy Redeemer Church through the streets of Liberty City.
The Stations of the Cross for those making the Way of the Cross through Liberty City on Good Friday included stops at low-income housing projects that are taking way too long to be completed, at liquor stores and at a tree where a child died, just across from an elementary school.
Oblate Missionary Father John Cox leads the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross from Holy Redeemer Church through the streets of Liberty City.
Parishioners take part in the Way of the Cross through the streets of Liberty City.
Oblate Missionary Father John Cox leads the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross from Holy Redeemer Church through the streets of Liberty City.
The Stations of the Cross for those making the Way of the Cross through Liberty City on Good Friday included stops at low-income housing projects that are taking way too long to be completed, at liquor stores and at a tree where a child died, just across from an elementary school.
Oblate Missionary Father John Cox led the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross from Holy Redeemer Church through the streets of Liberty City.
March 30, 2013
Miami
JONATHAN MARTINEZ | FC
Father Richard Vigoa watches the flame from the fire used to light the Paschal candle at the Easter Vigil Mass.
Archbishop Wenski lights a match from the fire that lights the Paschal candle. The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World.
People light their candles outside of the Cathedral of St. Mary and enter into the dark church.
The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World.
Aracely Ramos, parishioner of St. Mary's Cathedral for the last five years, lights her candles outside of the Cathedral of St. Mary and enters into the dark church.
People light their candles outside of the Cathedral of St. Mary and enter into the dark church. The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World.
The baptismal font used during the Easter Vigil Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski preaches the homily during the Easter Vigil Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski dips the Paschal candle into the water at the baptismal font during the Easter Vigil Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary.
During this Mass people are baptized and that adult catechumens are received into full communion with the Church.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski baptizes Adrianna Vincent during the Easter Vigil Mass. She along with several others were baptized and adult catechumens were received into full communion with the Church.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski blesses Leslie Lewis, one of the catechumens, from St. Mary's Cathedral during the Easter Vigil Mass.
Msgr. Kenneth Schwanger, pastor, prepares to bless the Easter fire outside Our Lady of the Lourdes Church in Kendall.
Msgr. Kenneth Schwanger, pastor of Our Lady of the Lourdes Parish in Kendall, inserts five grains of incense into the Paschal candle, making the form of a cross.
Parishioners at Our Lady of Lourdes hold their candles aloft while listening to the readings of the Easter Vigil.
Msgr. Kenneth Schwanger dips the Paschal candle into the baptismal font during the blessing of the water.
A young girl is baptized by Msgr. Kenneth Schwanger during the Easter Vigil at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Kendall.
A young man is confirmed by Msgr. Kenneth Schwanger during the Easter Vigil at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Kendall.
A young girl receives her first Communion during the Easter Vigil at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Kendall.
Still in darkness, Trinitarian Father Adelson Moreira, pastor of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary-St. Richard Parish in Palmetto Bay, begins the celebration of his community's traditional Easter sunrise Mass at the Deering Estate, accompanied by parochial vicar Trinitarian Father Alberto Rodriguez.
Trinitarian Father Adelson Moreira, pastor of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary-St. Richard Parish in Palmetto Bay, celebrates his community's traditional Easter sunrise Mass at the Deering Estate, accompanied by parochial vicar Trinitarian Father Alberto Rodriguez.
Choir members from Our Lady of the Holy Rosary-St. Richard Church sing at the sunrise Easter Mass celebrated on the grounds of the Deering Estate.
Sunlight filters through the clouds on Easter Sunday morning at the Deering Estate, where Our Lady of the Holy Rosary-St. Richard parishioners celebrated their traditional sunrise Mass.
Father Sammy Alvero blesses the palms at the start of Palm Sunday Mass at Good Shepherd Church, Miami.
Father Sammy Alvero walks into Good Shepherd Church, Miami, for Palm Sunday Mass.
St. Catherine of Siena parishioners gather for adoration on the outside of their church, facing the street, after Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper.
Fr. Alejandro Rodr�guez
Adoration at the Altar Repose after Mass of the Lords Supper
St. Catherine of Siena parishioners gather for adoration on the outside of their church, facing the street, after Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper.
Fr. Alejandro Rodr�guez
Adoration at the Altar Repose after Mass of the Lords Supper
Monsignor Michael Carruthers washes the feet of university students at the Mass of the Lord's Supper at St. Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center in Coral Gables on Holy Thursday.
Monsignor Michael Carruthers washes the feet of university students at the Mass of the Lord's Supper at St. Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center in Coral Gables on Holy Thursday.
March 28, 2013
Coral Gables
BLANCA MORALES | FC
Monsignor Michael Carruthers washes the feet of university students at the Mass of the Lord's Supper at St. Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center in Coral Gables on Holy Thursday.
Monsignor Michael Carruthers processes with the Eucharist concluding the Mass of the Last Supper at St Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center in Coral Gables on Holy Thursday.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski washes the feet of 12 men, symbolizing the disciples, as Jesus Christ did on Holy Thursday.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski washes the feet of 12 men, symbolizing the disciples, as Jesus Christ did on Holy Thursday.
Holy Thursday Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral. Archbishop Wenski prays before the Blessed Sacrament.
Archbishop Wenski carries the Blessed Sacrament after Mass.
Holy Thursday Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral
Sister Lima, of the Missionaries of Charity, prays before the Blessed Sacrament.
Holy Thursday Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral
Archbishop Thomas Wenski during Good Friday at St. Mary Cathedral.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski and Father Richard Vigoa during Good Friday at St. Mary Cathedral.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski solemnly prays during Good Friday at St. Mary Cathedral.
Father Alvaro Pinzon kneels in front of the cross during Good Friday at St. Mary Cathedral.
The images of the Mater Dolorosa and Christ await to be taken out in procession after Good Friday services at the cathedral.
Good Friday at St. Mary Cathedral.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski and other cathedral priests lay prostrate on the floor of the sanctuary at the beginning of the Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord's Passion.
Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion
Deacon Edgardo Farias holds up the crucifix prior to the veneration of the cross.
Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion
Archbishop Thomas Wenski venerates the cross.
Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion
Cathedral parishioners carry a statue of Christ's corpus down the streets surrounding Miami's mother church.
Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion
Cathedral parishioners carry a statue of the Mater Dolorosa down the streets surrounding Miami's mother church.
Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion
Father Patrick Charles, parochial vicar, leads the commemoration of the Passion of the Lord at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Kendall on Good Friday, accompanied by Deacon Michael Plumber.
Our Lady of Lourdes parishioners raise the crucifix before the veneration of the cross on Good Friday.
Deacon Michael Plumber holds up a crucifix for a parishioner to kiss during the veneration of the cross on Good Friday at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish.
Our Lady of Lourdes
Celebration of the Passion of the Lord
Rev. Patrick Charles
Rev. Fernando Orejuela
Dcn. Michael Plumber
Dcn. Isidoro Villa
Catholic Campus Ministry students from the University of Miami perform the stations of the cross at Saint Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center on Good Friday. Danny Rodriguez as Jesus and Olivia Piana as Mary.
University of Miami students perform live Stations of the Cross for parishioners at Saint Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center on Good Friday. Engineering student Danny Rodriguez as Jesus.
University of Miami students perform live Stations of the Cross for parishioners at Saint Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center on Good Friday.
University of Miami students perform live Stations of the Cross for parishioners at Saint Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center on Good Friday. Engineering student Danny Rodriguez as Jesus.
University of Miami students perform live Stations of the Cross for parishioners at Saint Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center on Good Friday.
Good Friday service at Saint Augustine Catholic Student Center. Monsignor Michael Carruthers, accompanied by Deacon Chirinos, lay prostrate before the altar to symbolically lay down their lives for the Church.
Parishioners step forward to venerate the cross on Good Friday at Saint Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center in Coral Gables.
Good Friday at Saint Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center in Coral Gables.
One of the Stations of the Cross at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Kendall.
Father Bernard Raj preaches the homily during Good Friday's commemoration of the Lord's Passion at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Kendall.
An image of the crucified Christ is framed by the stained glass window at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Kendall.
A Holy Redeemer parishioner carries the cross out of the church at the start of the Good Friday Way of the Cross through the streets of Liberty City.
Oblate Missionary Father John Cox leads the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross from Holy Redeemer Church through the streets of Liberty City.
Oblate Missionary Father John Cox leads the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross from Holy Redeemer Church through the streets of Liberty City.
Oblate Missionary Father John Cox leads the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross from Holy Redeemer Church through the streets of Liberty City.
The Stations of the Cross for those making the Way of the Cross through Liberty City on Good Friday included stops at low-income housing projects that are taking way too long to be completed, at liquor stores and at a tree where a child died, just across from an elementary school.
Oblate Missionary Father John Cox leads the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross from Holy Redeemer Church through the streets of Liberty City.
Parishioners take part in the Way of the Cross through the streets of Liberty City.
Oblate Missionary Father John Cox leads the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross from Holy Redeemer Church through the streets of Liberty City.
The Stations of the Cross for those making the Way of the Cross through Liberty City on Good Friday included stops at low-income housing projects that are taking way too long to be completed, at liquor stores and at a tree where a child died, just across from an elementary school.
Oblate Missionary Father John Cox led the traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross from Holy Redeemer Church through the streets of Liberty City.
March 30, 2013
Miami
JONATHAN MARTINEZ | FC
Father Richard Vigoa watches the flame from the fire used to light the Paschal candle at the Easter Vigil Mass.
Archbishop Wenski lights a match from the fire that lights the Paschal candle. The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World.
People light their candles outside of the Cathedral of St. Mary and enter into the dark church.
The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World.
Aracely Ramos, parishioner of St. Mary's Cathedral for the last five years, lights her candles outside of the Cathedral of St. Mary and enters into the dark church.
People light their candles outside of the Cathedral of St. Mary and enter into the dark church. The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World.
The baptismal font used during the Easter Vigil Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski preaches the homily during the Easter Vigil Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski dips the Paschal candle into the water at the baptismal font during the Easter Vigil Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mary.
During this Mass people are baptized and that adult catechumens are received into full communion with the Church.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski baptizes Adrianna Vincent during the Easter Vigil Mass. She along with several others were baptized and adult catechumens were received into full communion with the Church.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski blesses Leslie Lewis, one of the catechumens, from St. Mary's Cathedral during the Easter Vigil Mass.
Msgr. Kenneth Schwanger, pastor, prepares to bless the Easter fire outside Our Lady of the Lourdes Church in Kendall.
Msgr. Kenneth Schwanger, pastor of Our Lady of the Lourdes Parish in Kendall, inserts five grains of incense into the Paschal candle, making the form of a cross.
Parishioners at Our Lady of Lourdes hold their candles aloft while listening to the readings of the Easter Vigil.
Msgr. Kenneth Schwanger dips the Paschal candle into the baptismal font during the blessing of the water.
A young girl is baptized by Msgr. Kenneth Schwanger during the Easter Vigil at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Kendall.
A young man is confirmed by Msgr. Kenneth Schwanger during the Easter Vigil at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Kendall.
A young girl receives her first Communion during the Easter Vigil at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Kendall.
Still in darkness, Trinitarian Father Adelson Moreira, pastor of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary-St. Richard Parish in Palmetto Bay, begins the celebration of his community's traditional Easter sunrise Mass at the Deering Estate, accompanied by parochial vicar Trinitarian Father Alberto Rodriguez.
Trinitarian Father Adelson Moreira, pastor of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary-St. Richard Parish in Palmetto Bay, celebrates his community's traditional Easter sunrise Mass at the Deering Estate, accompanied by parochial vicar Trinitarian Father Alberto Rodriguez.
Choir members from Our Lady of the Holy Rosary-St. Richard Church sing at the sunrise Easter Mass celebrated on the grounds of the Deering Estate.
Sunlight filters through the clouds on Easter Sunday morning at the Deering Estate, where Our Lady of the Holy Rosary-St. Richard parishioners celebrated their traditional sunrise Mass.
Photography: Florida Catholic staff
