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Sarasota News Leader March 22, 2013 Page 94 500 ���PILGRIMS��� EXPECTED FOR GOOD FRIDAY PILGRIMAGE The Church of the Redeemer, an Episcopal church in downtown Sarasota, and the Sarasota Ministerial Association invite all those in the Sarasota community to observe the Passion of Jesus Christ by participating in walking the Stations of the Cross down Sarasota���s Main Street on Good Friday, March 29, beginning at 7:30 a.m. 1996; the event began with fewer than 15 participants, but it has since grown into a multichurch and community wide observance with approximately 500 ���pilgrims,��� the release adds. Because of the increasing popularity and size of the event, officers of the Sarasota Police Department will escort the pilgrims, provide Walking the Stations of the Cross is a centu- traffic control and ensure the safety of all parries-old Christian tradition of remembering ticipating, the release notes. and experiencing 14 events along the way of Christ���s journey to the cross, a news release Since 2002, the Sarasota Ministerial Associapoints out. The Church of the Redeemer Fri- tion, comprising more than 50 downtown and day Men���s Breakfast Prayer Group founded local area churches and faith-based agencies, this tradition of walking down Main Street in ���has joined Redeemer in being a witness to The Church of the Redeemer and the Sarasota Ministerial Association are inviting all community residents to walk the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, March 29. Photo by Norman Schimmel