Images: Good Friday celebrations in the suburbs
Worshippers celebrated Good Friday with living Stations of the Cross and processions through city streets. Christians commemorate Good Friday as the day Jesus died by crucifixion as the ultimate sacrifice for sins.
Adam Cervantes, is whipped as he portrays Jesus carrying the cross Friday during Misión San Juan Diego's annual Good Friday Living Stations of the Cross. The procession left from St. Thomas of Villanova in Palatine, and proceeded to the Misión in Arlington Heights.
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Adam Cervantes, portrays Jesus Friday during Misión San Juan Diego's annual Good Friday Living Stations of the Cross.
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Adam Cervantes, is whipped Friday as he portrays Jesus during Misión San Juan Diego's annual Good Friday Living Stations of the Cross in Arlington Heights and Palatine.
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Anderson Drive in Palatine is filled with hundreds of people as The Misión San Juan Diego's annual Good Friday Living Stations of the Cross leaves St. Thomas of Villanova in Palatine, and heads to the Misión in Arlington Heights.
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Worshippers watch the Misión San Juan Diego's annual Good Friday celebration.
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A young altar boy participates in the annual Good Friday Living Stations of the Cross in Palatine.
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Altar boys participated in the Good Friday celebration in Palatine.
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Father Diego Berrios leads the Misión San Juan Diego's annual Good Friday Living Stations of the Cross as it leaves St. Thomas of Villanova in Palatine, proceeding to the Misión in Arlington Heights Friday.
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Anderson Drive in Palatine is filled with worshippers for the Good Friday Living Stations of the Cross.
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Joe Ortega leads the way as Jesus during the Stations of the Cross in Aurora on Friday. "This is one of the most beautiful days," said Monsignor Arquimedes Vallejo, pastor of Sacred Heart Church. "Beautiful in a sense of the suffering and pain of our lord and the life he gave for us."
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Elea Guerrero records and listens to the Stations of the Cross in Aurora on Friday.
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Hundreds line the street for the Stations of the Cross in Aurora as Christian worshippers celebrate Good Friday.
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Prayers are said at the first stop of the Stations of the Cross in Aurora on Friday.
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Jack Wojcik portrays Jesus carrying the cross, backed up by fellow actor Vincent Lazaro, during the Good Friday Stations of the Cross program at Transfiguration Church in Wauconda.
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