Mullen Residences at the Highlands Hosts Good Friday Stations of the Cross

Deacon Marc Nestorick leads Stations of the Cross on Good Friday at Mullen Residences in Denver. (Photo provided)

For the first time in four years, the historic Mullen Home, now transitioning into Mullen Residences at the Highlands, opened to the public on Good Friday to host Scriptural Stations of the Cross on the grounds.

For over one hundred years on this very property, the Little Sisters of the Poor served the Catholic faithful and their families at the Mullen Home, an assisted living facility for older adults in need.

Now entrusted to the Archdiocese of Denver, the historic Mullen Home will be renovated and developed into Mullen Residences, a senior living community that offers daily Mass and the sacraments to its residents, including retired priests. The new community will open in the summer of 2029 and is currently taking unit reservations.

This year, faithful from around the archdiocese — many of whom plan to move into the new Mullen Residences after it opens — gathered to walk in the footsteps of Christ through the Stations of the Cross on the property.

“We are proud to continue the spiritual strength of Christ and the Little Sisters of the Poor at Mullen Residences with the Stations of the Cross,” said Tom Heule, head of the Mullen Home Trust. “Future residents and guests joined us to walk and pray on this most solemn day of Christianity. We look forward to coming together with all of you year after year as we make this community strong through fellowship.”

Created by local Colorado artist Lynn Kircher and commissioned by the Little Sisters of the Poor, the beautiful outdoor Stations have fostered prayer for years. This Good Friday, participants endured the wind to pray, meditate and sing as they moved through the wooded Stations, led by Deacon Marc Nestorick.

“Praying the Stations of the Cross at the Mullen Homes revealed not only the beauty of the campus, but the quiet grace of a community coming to life — where faith, fellowship and shared journey are already taking root,” Deacon Nestorick shared.