Easter Week is normally a very busy time at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Calgary, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s celebrations will be much different.
Provincially-ordered restrictions on public gatherings mean the annual Way of the Cross procession has been cancelled, along with many services at the cathedral and others churches around the city.
Organized by the Roman Catholic Diocese of the Calgary, The Way of the Cross has happened every year since 1983 in the streets around the cathedral.
The event sees people take turns carrying a wooden cross in a procession that stops at 14 stations, reflecting on the journey recounted in the Bible, as Jesus Christ approached his crucifixion.