By VICKI DISORDA
The Ecumenical Good Friday Walk organized by St. Mary’s Church was held on April 7th for the first time in three years, since the onset of Covid. Attendees gathered just before noon in front of the Brandon United Methodist Church on the blustery and sunny day.
Father Maurice Moreau, CaP.OFM of St. Mary’s Church, kicked off the event by reading the poem “Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me.” Then the procession commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ began the quarter-mile walk down Carver Street to St. Mary’s in silence.
Each person had an opportunity to carry the cross, which is adorned with 3 spikes that “are the exact size of the nails used to crucify Jesus,” according to Jeannine Griffin of St. Mary’s. Her son, Mark Griffin, had researched the nails and made them for his father, Gary, who was an ordained deacon of St. Mary’s. The Ecumenical Good Friday Walk has been a tradition in Brandon for at least twenty years, Jeannine said.
The walk ended in the sanctuary of St. Mary’s. All were invited for fellowship and soup afterwards.
