The Way of the Cross — Solemn Candlelight Good Friday Procession in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

Statue of the Dead Christ outside St. Dominic's Church

Led by retired Bishop of Brooklyn Nicholas DiMarzio, some two thousand priests, deacons and parishioners from Saint Athanasius, Saint Dominic, the Basilica of Regina Pacis, Saints Simon & Jude-Most Precious Blood, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Saint Finbar, Saint Mary Mother of Jesus, Saint Bernadette, and Saint Frances Cabrini participated in this year's Good Friday Via Crucis procession and prayer service from St. Dominic's Church to the Basilica of Regina Pacis in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

(L) Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio. (R) The faithful carry Our Lady of Sorrows

Members of the Associazione Culturale Pugliese Figli Maria SS. Addolorata

A penitent carried a large wooden cross for the entire procession 

Members of Santa Rosalia–Regina Pacis 

The Red Mike Festival Band played traditional Good Friday Marches

Members of the Italian-American Apostolate of St. Mary, Mother of Jesus

Members of St. Dominic's Church

Members of St. Finbar Church

Members of the St. Frances Cabrini Society of Brooklyn

Members of Gruppo Italiano Sant'Atanasio (G.I.S.A.)

Members of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

Members of the Holy Name Society of St. Bernadette 

Clergy greet the participants as the approach Regina Pacis

The procession concluded outside the Basilica of Regina Pacis
with prayer service and blessing with the Relic of the True Cross