Stations of the Cross
March 21 @ 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Experience the Stations of the Cross in the church every Friday during Lent at 5:30pm.
You can also pray along with this devotional video. An online booklet is here.
The practice of pilgrims to the Holy Land following the Way of Sorrows from the house of Pilate to the Holy Sepulchre was the origin of this devotion, which became widespread in the later Middle Ages, although it was not completely formalized until the eighteenth century. This is a popular and appropriate devotion during Lent and Holy Week. Eight of the stations are based directly upon events recorded in the Gospels. The remaining six (stations III, IV, VI, VII, IX, and XIII) are based upon inferences from the Gospels or upon pious legend, and may be omitted if desired.
At St. Michael’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, the unique Italian station artworks complement the mid-century modern architecture of the 1959 church building, designed by Albert Frey, the father of desert modernism.