Stations of the Cross in the Mountains of Alaska

As Holy Week nears, Stations of the Cross await Anchorage faithful in surrounding mountains

 

 

 

 

 

Stations of the Cross at Holy Spirit Center in Anchorage. — Anchor photo

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The Stations of the Cross devotion is centered on the Passion of Christ. While many Catholics pray the meditative prayer on their own across the year, it can be an especially poignant experience during Lent and Holy Week, when the entire church recalls the way of Jesus’ suffering and death.

By praying the Stations of the Cross, a person makes a spiritual pilgrimage to the principal scenes of the salvific Passion of the Lord, aided by artistic representations of those scenes, for example, Pilate’s condemnation of Christ to death and the nailing of Christ to the Cross.

Usually, Stations of the Cross are found inside churches, spaced in intervals on the walls, but sometimes outdoors such as in monasteries and also in Anchorage at Holy Spirit Center – a retreat facility near the Chugach State Park. There the faithful may walk the 14 Stations of the Cross along a half-mile loop trail that winds through mountainside woods.

For more information, contact Holy Spirit Center at (907) 346-2343 or go towww.holyspiritcenterak.org. The center is located at 10980 Hillside Drive (corner of O’Malley and Hillside). It is recommended that visitors wear boots and park in the lower lot.

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