April, 2007 Mount Cristo Rey Fundraiser and Free Screening Events
Capstone Productions Inc. is donating the use of the new video for free public screenings to help raise donations for the Mount Cristo Rey Restoration Committee. Please contact Lynn Russell Polk at 915-533-6364 or Lynn@elpasogold.com.
The PREMIERE SCREENING was March 24, 2007 for the first public showing of the TV program "El Paso's Mount Cristo Rey". There were about 200 people who saw the program on Saturday, March 24, 2007 in three screenings of the 47-minute documentary in the Cristo Rey Room at the Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino.
Our THANKS to the Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino!
LAST SCREENING NOW SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 30th, 2007
DATE: Monday, April 30, 2007
TIME: 6:30pm
LOCATION: Downtown Main Library in the Auditorium, 501 N Oregon St, El Paso, 79901 - (915) 543-5433
EVENT: TV viewing of the new TV program "El Paso's Mount Cristo Rey" which runs 47 minutes
COST: Free, but a $5 donation is appreciated!
To arrange a screening at your church or civic organization, contact Ruben Escandon, Jr. at 915-252-9840
The proceeds of these screenings all go to the Mount Cristo Rey Restoration Committee to maintain and secure Mount Cristo Rey.
Background Information
The land for Mount Cristo Rey was purchased by the El Paso Diocese in the 1930s when that part of Southern New Mexico was in the El Paso Diocese. The Monument to Jesus Christ, known as Cristo Rey, was commissioned by the Church, built by Spanish sculptor Urbici Soler, and completed in 1940.
Mount Cristo Rey is a Catholic Shrine, and became part of the newly-created Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces in 1982. Annual pilgrimages have been held at the mountain since the 1930s. Las Cruces Bishop Ricardo Ramirez conducted a Mass atop Cristo Rey on October 29, 2006. The Summer 2006 heavy floods closed the mountain, but the Mount Cristo Rey Restoration Committee went to work and patched the trails so the annual pilgrimage could occur. However, funds are needed to pave the dirt trails with asphalt so future heavy rains will not jeopardize access to Mount Cristo Rey.
The TV documentary explains the mountain's human and geological history, which now dates to 100 milion years ago with the discovery of hundreds of dinosaur tracks at the base of Cristo Rey.
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Click on for the 25-minute audio tribute to El Paso radio personality Charlie Russell, who passed away Feb. 22, 2010. This special live program aired on KTSM AM 690 at Noon on Feb.27, 2010, and was hosted by Leon Metz and Jackson Polk. It includes the 9-minute Clear Channel Radio El Paso tribute by Melissa Kerr and Bill Tole.
