Stations of the Cross Intergenerational Art Project

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 11:30 AM
Sunday, March 29, 2026 12:30 PM

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*Examples of Stations of the Cross Interpretive Art*

Stations of the Cross Project

During Lent, the Intergenerational Team will be leading a special "Stations of the Cross" (“Way of the Cross”) project at St. Paul’s. Please see below to learn more about the "Way of the Cross," view station descriptions, and find ways to sign up.

What is the “Stations of the Cross” or “Way of the Cross”?

The devotion known as the “Way of the Cross” is an adaptation to local usage of a custom widely observed by pilgrims to Jerusalem: the offering of prayer at a series of places in that city traditionally associated with Jesus’ passion and death.

The number of stations, which at first varied widely, finally became fixed at 14 by Clement XII in 1731. Of these, eight were based directly on events recorded in the Gospels. The remaining six (numbers 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 13) are based on inferences from the Gospel account or from pious legend. The selection of stations presented here all have their root in the biblical story of Jesus rather than drawing on legend.

Traditionally, the stations are made before a series of plain wooden crosses placed along the walls of the church or in some other convenient place. With each cross there is sometimes associated a pictorial representation of the event being commemorated.

At St. Paul’s, we will adapt this service so that an individual, group, or family from the parish creates each station. Each "artist" will be provided with one 16”x20” stretched blank canvas to interpret and bring their selected station to life in their own unique way (see images above for examples). Sign-ups to create a station will be available during the last week of Epiphany (February 8-15) in Burrows Commons (click here to email Leah Ehlhardt to sign up now).

Blank canvases will be available for pick-up starting on Shrove Tuesday, February 17. Station creation happens over the course of Lent, and the finished canvases are due at St. Paul’s no later than Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026.

The Stations of the Cross service will occur during Holy Week (6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31), at which time we’ll gather to pray and “walk” the stations together as a group. As the creator of the station, you are invited to be the one to read the scripture for your station during the service, but you don’t have to. Also, if you would like to add a short description of your station, we will print and post it near your station.

This service is inviting and welcoming, and appropriate for people of all ages.

If you would like to put your station in a wider context, you may want to read the entire Passion narrative. There are four versions:

Luke 23:1 -56 Matthew 27:1-66

Mark 15:1-47 John 18:1 – 19:42

The 14 stations are (see below for descriptions or click here for a printable version):