A los muertos les gustaría tener unas palabras contigo.
En vísperas de Halloween, los visitantes del cementerio de San José, en el campus del Santuario Nacional de Santa Isabel Ana Seton, fueron testigos de cómo cobraban vida figuras del pasado.
Among them were St. Joan of Arc, who led a French army to victory before she was burned at the stake, and Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, a priest who championed free speech in Poland and fought against communism, only to be kidnapped, beaten and murdered. Then there’s young St. Maria Goretti, an Italian child who forgave her killer on her deathbed and has come to symbolize forgiveness.
For more than a decade, the Seton Shrine’s “Back from the Dead” faith drama has connected visitors with historically significant figures of the Catholic Church.
“They prayed, they sacrificed. Like us, they struggled,” Seton Shrine executive director Rob Judge said.
La producción atrae a decenas de voluntarios que actúan como guías o actores en el cementerio. Muchos de ellos regresan cada año, ya que la popularidad de este drama religioso no deja de crecer.
The event drew thousands of visitors. By mid-October, they had sold and pre-booked about 2,380 tickets for this year’s event, Seton Shrine communications coordinator Carolyn Shields said.