*Note* Some of these photos are courtesy of the Raul R. Family (Used with permission)
+J.M.J.+ On the great traditional feast of Christ the King which takes place on the last Sunday of October, Father Michael Rodriguez with a group of approximately 50 pilgrims processed up Mount Cristo Rey located in Santa Teresa, New Mexico near El Paso, Texas. During the pilgrimage, they sang hymns, prayed the Rosary, and made numerous devotional stops for prayer at various shrines located on the path. At the base of the Cristo Rey statue atop the mountain, Father offered the Mass of Ages, which was probably the first time in roughly forty plus years that the Immemorial Mass of the Roman Catholic Church had been offered there on the Feast of Christ the King. God be praised! Viva Cristo Rey! Click on the links below to view photos and video footage located at the El Paso TImes' website: https://www.elpasotimes.com/picture-gallery/news/2018/10/28/thousands-make-pilgrimage-mount-cristo-rey/1800380002/
https://www.elpasotimes.com/videos/news/2018/10/28/catholic-faithful-make-pilgrimage-mount-cristo-rey/1800578002/
El Paso is located on the US-Mexico border and is the most frequently crossed international boundary in the world. Interestingly, near El Paso at the point where the states of Texas and New Mexico and the nation of Mexico meet there is a small mountain called, "Cristo Rey Mount," named for the statue of Christ the King at its summit which "overlooks" the tri-state area. It reminds many of the much better known, "Christ the Redeemer”, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, though not nearly as large. In 1933, Fr. Lourdes Costa, a local priest, spearheaded the effort to honor Christ with a monument upon this site. Following Pope Pius XI's establishment of the Feast of Christ the King, as well as the prominence of Cristo Rey in the Cristero Movement, it seemed fitting to choose this theme for the statue. Since then, there is a local annual tradition to make a pilgrimage up the mountain on this Feast, the last Sunday in October. You can read more about the history of Mount Cristo Rey here:
http://www.mtcristorey.com/home
+J.M.J.+ On the great traditional feast of Christ the King which takes place on the last Sunday of October, Father Michael Rodriguez with a group of approximately 50 pilgrims processed up Mount Cristo Rey located in Santa Teresa, New Mexico near El Paso, Texas. During the pilgrimage, they sang hymns, prayed the Rosary, and made numerous devotional stops for prayer at various shrines located on the path. At the base of the Cristo Rey statue atop the mountain, Father offered the Mass of Ages, which was probably the first time in roughly forty plus years that the Immemorial Mass of the Roman Catholic Church had been offered there on the Feast of Christ the King. God be praised! Viva Cristo Rey! Click on the links below to view photos and video footage located at the El Paso TImes' website: https://www.elpasotimes.com/picture-gallery/news/2018/10/28/thousands-make-pilgrimage-mount-cristo-rey/1800380002/
https://www.elpasotimes.com/videos/news/2018/10/28/catholic-faithful-make-pilgrimage-mount-cristo-rey/1800578002/
El Paso is located on the US-Mexico border and is the most frequently crossed international boundary in the world. Interestingly, near El Paso at the point where the states of Texas and New Mexico and the nation of Mexico meet there is a small mountain called, "Cristo Rey Mount," named for the statue of Christ the King at its summit which "overlooks" the tri-state area. It reminds many of the much better known, "Christ the Redeemer”, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, though not nearly as large. In 1933, Fr. Lourdes Costa, a local priest, spearheaded the effort to honor Christ with a monument upon this site. Following Pope Pius XI's establishment of the Feast of Christ the King, as well as the prominence of Cristo Rey in the Cristero Movement, it seemed fitting to choose this theme for the statue. Since then, there is a local annual tradition to make a pilgrimage up the mountain on this Feast, the last Sunday in October. You can read more about the history of Mount Cristo Rey here:
http://www.mtcristorey.com/home