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 For Judge Della Porta, Good Friday marks end of tradition
On Good Friday – April 10 – Judge Armand Della Porta, 87, will put on comfortable walking shoes and prepare for what he calls, “the most significant experience in prayer you could ever have.” He is referring to “The Way of the Cross Walking Stations,” a shared devotional prayer procession which Della Porta has led for 30 years. Believers walk through Chestnut Hill as part of their Good Friday tradition, recalling the suffering that Jesus experienced leading up to his death on the cross. Della Porta, a senior judge for the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, first participated in the Way of the Cross Walking Stations in the mid-1970s when it was led by Father Ralph Monteiro, a priest assigned to Our Mother of Consolation (OMC) Catholic Parish. When Father Monteiro left OMC for another position in 1979, Della Porta told him, “I will carry it on.” He has done just that. This Good Friday marks the 30th consecutive year he has led this spiritual event. Ramsey: You will soon know your police How many of us can name a police officer working in Philadelphia, in our district, in our neighborhood? While many of us could rattle off several names of famous cops, most of us do not know the names of the men and women patrolling our streets. That is about to change. Hillers plan new civic organization Dissatisfied with the Chestnut Hill Community Association’s current leadership and the slate of business-friendly candidates determined to succeed them, a group of current and former CHCA board members has decided to create a new community organization, which its founding members say will better represent Chestnut Hill residents. “It’s obvious that the business association is going to take over the community association,” CHCA board member Joseph Pizzano said in a phone interview on Monday. “It will create a problem in terms of [real estate] development. The residents will be worse off.” |
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