The Mystery of the Passion of Christ: March 2005

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

The very picturesque Cheryl Mucha, alto singer in the choir of The Mystery of the Passion of Christ.

Peter and Betty with their billet hosts.

Volunteers at St. Joseph's who enabled the presentation of The Mystery of the Passion of Christ in North Battleford. This is the right hand view of the group.

Volunteers at St. Joseph's who enabled the presentation of The Mystery of the Passion of Christ in North Battleford. This is the center part of the group.

Volunteers at St. Joseph's who enabled the presentation of The Mystery of the Passion of Christ in North Battleford. This is the left hand view of the group.

Desert is served!

Preparation of desert in the kitchen at St. Joseph's.

The last supper at St. Joseph's.

Choir members breaking down the choir sound system at the end of the Sunday afternoon performance.

Jesus with the Sunday K of C color guard.

Good thief, Dismas, Mattthew Semaschuk.

Unrepentant thief, Chris Smyth.

Thieves.

Choir in prayer and Mary in a last minute grooming of Jesus, prior to the Sunday performance.

North Battleford, Saskatchewan

Reverend Father J. Arnel A. Martinez with the choir and some of the cast prior to the Sunday afternoon performance at the John Paul II Collegiate.

The early Sunday afternoon arrival at the John Paul II Collegiate, of The Mystery of the Passion of Christ choir ladies pulling their luggage on wheels!

Knights of Columbus, Fourth Degree Color Guard, Dr. Uhrich Assembly, just prior to the Saturday performance of The Mystery of the Passion of Christ.

Emmanuel Oystreck, balancing a balloon on his head on the bus after supper.

On the bus to St. Joseph's for supper after the rehearsal at the John Paul II Collegiate.

Rehearsal of the Last Supper at the John Paul II Collegiate.

Elisha Stilborn unpacks the pottery for the set-up and rehearsal before the Saturday evening performance.

Cast and choir leaving the bus and entering the John Paul II Collegiate.

Truck and bus at the John Paul II Collegiate.

John Paul II Collegiate at North Battleford, site of the fiftieth and fifty-first production of The Mystery of the Passion of Christ.

Mass was celebrated and meals were enjoyed at St. Joseph's Church.

St. Joseph Council # 7336 Knights of Columbus members who served us lunch when we arrived in North Battleford.

Rita Rodney, during a stop at Watson on the road to North Battleford, knitting a prayer shawl, which,when finished, will be given by her to a person who is suffering from a terminal condition. Each row is knitted with the recitation of a prayer for the recipient of the shawl.