GOLDEN, Colo. (KDVR) — Despite wintry weather across the Denver metro area, dozens of Christians and Catholics still made the annual pilgrimage to the Mother Cabrini Shrine on foot.
The shrine is dedicated to St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, the first American citizen to be canonized. She started an orphanage in Denver in 1902, and part of her mission included a summer property in the foothills between Golden and Genesee.
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“We see so many people coming to the shrine during these holy days leading up to Easter. Certainly, Good Friday is a very popular day here at the shrine. People love to walk up the hill and carry crosses,” Mother Cabrini Shrine executive director JoAnna Seaman said.
Friday morning and afternoon, dozens of people made the pilgrimage along a 2.7 mile stretch of of U.S. Highway 40 that runs parallel to Interstate 70 between the Hogback Park-n-Ride and the shrine. Many of them walked much further…