Stations of the Cross set for Maine parishes throughout Lent

Presentations of the Stations of the Cross are scheduled at parishes across Maine. Parishes often include the Stations of the Cross in their Lenten observances because it is a season in which we are called to deeper prayer and reflection on Christ’s Passion and death. The Stations of the Cross began in the days of the early Church when pilgrims would journey to Jerusalem to retrace the final steps taken by Jesus Christ. Later, for the many who could not make the trip to the Holy Land, the practice developed of praying the Stations of the Cross at one’s home church or perhaps at a nearby shrine.

Presentations include the Holy Family Church, 145 Pritham Avenue in Greenville, Fridays of Lent at 4:30 p.m. Preceded by eucharistic adoration at 4 p.m. and followed by soup for the soul.

At St. Anne Church, 64 Free Street in Dexter, there will be Stations of the Cross with soup and bread afterwards, starting on Friday, March 3 at 5:30 p.m.

A full schedule and updates and additions will be made at www.portlanddiocese.org/stations-cross.