SonShine North Via de Cristo

VIA de CRISTO is a Spanish phrase meaning “Way of Christ.” VIA de CRISTO is a highly structured three day weekend designed to strengthen and renew the faith of Christian people and bring them to a new awareness of living in God’s grace. It is a combined effort of lay people and clergy toward renewal of the church.

Please Pray

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in us the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit, and we shall be created. And you shall renew the face of the earth.

O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit instructs the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoiced in his consolations. Through Christ our Lord. Amen

During all Via de Christo weekends, prayers are made for those attending the weekend.

For hundreds of years the Spanish went on pilgrimages to the Cathedral of St. James where the apostle James is said to he buried. The purpose of these pilgrimages was for spiritual renewal. These pilgrimages are the origin of our cursillo pilgrims guide. The song DeColores was sung by these pilgrims as they walked along the countryside observing God’s creation.

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