DALTON, Ga. — Nearly 2,550 from Dalton and the surrounding areas participated in the Stations of the Cross on this afternoon.
The annual event started about 2:30 p.m. on the steps of St. Joseph Catholic Church and covered the 14 stations recalling Jesus’ travails on Good Friday. The crowds walked about a mile before returning to the church for the enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus, who was played by Gabriel Mejia.
The event has grown tenfold in the past six or seven years, according to Paul Zock, a Rocky Face, Ga., resident who came with his four children.
The event has become bigger as more Hispanics have moved to the area, but there also were dozens of non-Hispanics in attendance.
For complete coverage see Saturday’s Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Perla Trevizo joined the Chattanooga Times Free Press in 2007 and covers immigration/diversity issues and higher education. She holds a master’s degree in newswire journalism from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, Spain, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Texas. In 2011 she participated in the Bringing Home the World international reporting fellowship program sponsored by the International Center for Journalists, producing a series on Guatemalan immigrants for which she ...
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