Every Friday during Lent. Join us for a soup Dinner at 6PM, followed by Stations of the cross at 7PM. This event is graciously hosted by our various Ministry teams.
The Stations of the Cross has a long history. Beginning in the 4th century,
Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land would walk the route that Jesus walked,
while carrying the cross on the way to his crucifixion on Golgotha. When
Jerusalem was captured in the 7th century, it became too dangerous for
Christians to make this pilgrimage, so instead they replicated the sites in their
own villages and towns. This devotion is known by several names including
“Stations of the Cross”, “Way of the Cross,” “Via Dolorosa,” or “Via Crucis”.
The object of the Stations is to help the faithful to make, in spirit, a pilgrimage
to the primary scenes of Christ’s suffering and death. This has become one of the most popular of Catholic devotions and is carried out by passing from Station to Station, with certain prayers at each, and devout meditation on the various incidents in turn.