The information on these pages is for educational purposes only and should not be used to replace the Stations of the Cross. The Stations of the Cross is an Act of Contrition with very special meanings. Use these pages to learn more about the Way of the Cross. But to actually perform the Way of the Cross, please attend one of the services offered at St. Florian Church.

The Fourteen Stations Christ condemned to death; the cross is laid upon him; His first fall; He meets His Blessed Mother; Simon of Cyrene is made to bear the cross; Christ's face is wiped by Veronica; His second fall; He meets the women of Jerusalem; His third fall; He is stripped of His garments; His crucifixion; His death on the cross; His body is taken down from the cross; He is laid in the tomb.

The object of the Stations is to help the faithful to make in spirit, as it were, a pilgrimage to the chief scenes of Christ's sufferings and death, and this has become one of the most popular of Catholic devotions. It is carried out by passing from Station to Station, with certain prayers at each and devout meditation on the various incidents in turn. It is very usual, when the devotion is performed publicly, to sing a stanza of the "Stabat Mater" while passing from one Station to the next.

---

Begin the Stations of the Cross