I was able to stand right up next to it after Mass yesterday.  The float for this procession is massive.  It’s as big as a semi trailer.  Seventy bearers.  It honors St Francis, the church’s namesake, but Jesus and Mary are ever-present in the processions of course.

This is the day the crush of the crowds kinda got to me.  After the procession had exited the church grounds, it took me nearly an hour to make my way outside.  There were rails through the North Gate.  The procession turned left, went to the corner and turned left again. The streets outside were clogged with people.

 

The Apostles