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Jerusalem Players Tell the Stories of Holy Week

By Paul Chasko

On Palm Sunday April 14, 2019, Saint Francis of Assisi’s Finley Hall was transformed into a marketplace and other inner rooms of early Jerusalem that were key to the happenings of “Holy Week”.

Jacob the Money Changer (Frank Kovscek) and James of Zebedee (Blaise Holliot) meet at the market place.

The Jerusalem Players of Saint Francis of Assisi Parish in Finleyville, Saint Benedict the Abbot of Peters Township, Saint Isaac Jogues of Jefferson Hills and Saint Thomas More of Pleasant Hills stepped into the sandals of Christ’s Apostles and Disciples. They brought visitors to “their Jerusalem” a little closer to the happenings of Holy Week.

The Players, some gathered in the market place of Jerusalem and others in rooms and locations key to the Passion of Christ, spent an afternoon relating what they experienced during Holy Week. Over 190 guests in small groups were led through “the streets and rooms of Jerusalem” and there, they learned more of the details surrounding Holy Week as seen through the eyes of the “Apostles and Disciples.”

Sixty one parishioners of the four Churches and Knights of Columbus Council 13832 participated in making this event happen. Players, both children and adults costumed for the period, populated the market place, many with stories of Holy week to relate to visitors. Other participants helped creatively with the scenery – Father Miller drew the line at bringing in 2 to 3 inches of dry sand and gravel to enhance the illusion of the Jerusalem market place. Other staff helpers served as coordinators, greeters, directors, crafters, costume adjusters, promotions and the dinner committee.

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