sentences:  In 1956, the shrine added 28 stairs leading up Calvary Hill to the base of the Cross.These stairs represent the 28 stairs that Jesus climbed to the throne of Pontius Pilate, where he was condemned to death and therefore are named "The Holy Stairs".After 50 years of praying before the Cross only in good weather and using the Long Chapel, seating 250 people, for all other Masses; the parishioners wished for a larger church that would also give year-round visibility of the Cross.